infernalis, Histiobranchus Gill [T. N.] 1883:255 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 6 (no. 380); ref. 1724] Off northeastern U.S.A., 38°53'00"N, 69°23'30", Albatross station 2037, depth 1731 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 33279 (poor condition, in pieces). Type catalog: Smith 1994:37 [ref. 21917]. See Smith 1989:684 [ref. 13285]. •Synonym of Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877) -- (Blache et al. 1973:252 [ref. 7185], Robins & Robins 1989:230 [ref. 13287], Gon 1990:103 [ref. 21680], Karmovskaya & Merrett 1998:1023 [ref. 23683], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:123 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2014:48 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther 1877). Synaphobranchidae: Synaphobranchinae. Habitat: marine.