nigerrimus, Bathophilus Giglioli [E. H.] 1882:199 [Nature (London) v. 27 (no. 687); ref. 1620] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MZUF 4706. Type catalog: Vanni 1991:221 [ref. 20099]. Also as Giglioli 1884:261, 1 fig. [ref. 5325]. •Valid as Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli 1882 -- (Morrow 1973:135 [ref. 7175], Gibbs in Whitehead et al. 1984:343 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6441], Gibbs 1986:237 [ref. 5655], Gibbs & Barnett 1990:310 [ref. 14915], Santos et al. 1997:35 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:36 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:486 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:90 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1912 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:333 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:333 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:911 [ref. 27001], Golani 2005:21 [ref. 37112], Paxton et al. 2006:444 [ref. 28995], Prokofiev 2014:3787 [ref. 33470], Harold 2016:1813 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Fricke et al. 2018:67 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:96 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:96 [ref. 38139], Sutton et al. 2020:94 [ref. 37832], Golani 2021:23 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39014], Tsagarakis et al. 2021:643 [ref. 38798], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:174 [ref. 39448], Villarins et al. 2022:46 [ref. 39442], Page et al. 2023:87 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli 1882. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea). Habitat: marine.