nigrigenys, Bathylagus Parr [A. E.] 1931:4, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 2 (art. 4); ref. 3371] Pacific coast of Mexico, 16°14'N, 99°36'30"W, 3750 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2674. Paratypes: YPM 2675 (11). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:8 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Bathylagus nigrigenys Parr 1931 -- (Kobyliansky 1985:62 [ref. 8149], Pequeño 1989:29 [ref. 14125], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:67 [ref. 24545], Paxton & Cohen 1999:1886 [ref. 24738]). •Valid as Bathylagoides nigrigenys (Parr 1931) -- (Love et al. 2005:29 [ref. 37547], Fourriére et al. 2016:454 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:46 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:81 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathylagoides nigrigenys (Parr 1931). Bathylagidae. Distribution: Equatorial and tropical waters of Indo-Pacific, in eastern Pacific from Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.