Goode, G. B., Bean, T. H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. 2 133-134, 123 plates.
Gill, T. N. 1883. Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep-sea fish-like vertebrates. 6 (380): 257.
Type Status:
Paralectotype
Syntype
Place:
General position: Cape May to Nantucket, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
1 Aug 1883
Notes:
Largest 265 mm gnathoproctal, smallest broken; 6 found 1-5-53, 10 specimens previously listed in ledger.