melanobranchus, Bathygadus Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:206, Pl. 18 (figs. 1-1e) [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Morocco coast, 32°31'N, 9°48'W, station 33, depth 1350 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1886-0112. Paralectotypes: (95) BMNH 1890.6.16.35-36 [ex MNHN] (now 1); MCZ 27609 (2, missing); MNHN 1886-0096 to 0097 (1, 1), 1886-0102 to 0105 (1, 1, 1, 1), 1886-0111 (1), 1886-0114 to 0115 (1, 1); NRM 5728 [ex MNHN] (1); USNM 42083 (1), 42211 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1972:660-661 [ref. 11384], Bailly et al. 1999:223 [ref. 24244]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer 1998:1051 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant 1888 -- (Marshall 1973:288 [ref. 7194], Arai in Uyeno et al. 1983:212 [ref. 14275], Geistdoerfer in Whitehead et al. 1986:646 [ref. 13676], Iwamoto 1986:332 [ref. 5674], Geistdoerfer 1990:543 [ref. 16195], Howes & Crimmen 1990:186 [ref. 15692], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:95 [ref. 18936], Boschung 1992:74 [ref. 23239], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:142 [ref. 25472], Cervigón 1996:146 [ref. 24489], Santos et al. 1997:54 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:65 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:768 [ref. 23897], Iwamoto 2003:990 [ref. 27010], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:60 [ref. 27192], Bañón et al. 2013:561 [ref. 33016], Bañón et al. 2016:314 [ref. 34397], Iwamoto 2016:1962 [ref. 34585], Carneiro et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:113 [ref. 38139], Bañón & Maño 2021:58 [ref. 38883], Fermon et al. 2022:198 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant 1888. Bathygadidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.