compsus, Bathylagus Cohen [D. M.] 1958:1, Fig. 1 [Breviora No. 98; ref. 12060] Western North Atlantic, east of New Jersey, U.S.A., about 39°45'N, 71°08'W, depth 69.5 meters in midwater. Holotype: USNM 171755. Paratypes: USNM 171754 (1). •Valid as Bathylagus compsus Cohen 1958 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:158 [ref. 25518]). •Synonym of Bathylagus longirostris Maul 1948 -- (Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1984:394 [ref. 13675], Kobyliansky 1985:57 [ref. 8149], McAllister 1990:71 [ref. 14674], Cohen 1990:240 [ref. 14206]). •Synonym of Dolicholagus longirostris (Maul 1948) -- (authors). Current status: Synonym of Dolicholagus longirostris (Maul 1948). Bathylagidae. Habitat: marine.