nigromaculatus, Neobythites Kamohara [T.] 1938:67, Fig. 37 [On the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa; ref. 2551] Mimase market, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Kamohara "neotype": BSKU 3573. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:9 [ref. 19282]. "Neotype" designation: Kamohara 1961:9 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. •Valid as Neobythites nigromaculatus Kamohara 1938 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:100 [ref. 6441], Chen & Shao 1991:13 [ref. 16679] as nigromaculata, Nakabo 2000:443 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:443 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:82 [ref. 24448], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Uiblein & Nielsen 2023:187 [ref. 40427]). Current status: Synonym of Neobythites unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe 1913. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Habitat: marine.