asper, Macrurus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1883:196 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 10 (no. 5); ref. 1838] North Atlantic, 41°24'25"N, 65°35'30"W, Blake station 308, depth 1242 fathoms. Syntypes: (6) BMNH 1887.12.7.88 (1); MCZ 25815 (1), 100189 [ex MCZ 25815] (now 3). Original genus should have been Macrourus. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Coryphaenoides asper Günther 1877 when placed in Macrurus by Günther 1887:137 [ref. 2103], replaced by Macrurus goodii Günther 1887. •Synonym of Nematonurus armatus (Hector 1875) -- (Marshall 1973:297 [ref. 7194], Geistdoerfer 1990:556 [ref. 16195]). •Synonym of Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector 1875) -- (Iwamoto & Stein 1974:27 [ref. 7509], Iwamoto 1990:195 [ref. 21688], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:205 [ref. 18936], Nakayama 2020:150 [ref. 37888]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector 1875). Macrouridae. Habitat: marine.