Species that contain: Ventrifossa and atherodon [ 1 ] records

atherodon, Optonurus Gilbert [C. H.] & Cramer [F.] 1897:431, Pl. 46 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114); ref. 1635] Off Hawaiian Islands, central Pacific, 21°12'N, 159°38'30"W, depth 686 meters. Lectotype: To be USNM 47729. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:59 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Iwamoto but not yet published; not designed here. •Valid as Ventrifossa atherodon (Gilbert & Cramer 1897) -- (Iwamoto 1979:152 [ref. 2311], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:151 [ref. 8256], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:296 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:554 [ref. 23710], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:233 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 1999:1992 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:775 [ref. 25037], Chiou et al. 2004:46 [ref. 27691], Mundy 2005:256 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:365 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Valid as Ventrifossa atherodon (Gilbert & Cramer 1897). Macrouridae. Distribution: Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu (southwestern Pacific). Habitat: marine.