steatiticus, Neobythites Alcock [A. W.] 1894:181 [13], Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 62 (pt 2, No. 4); ref. 89] Bay of Bengal, 15°04'07"N, 80°25'07"E, Investigator station 137, depth 128 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F13435. Non-types: BMNH [ex ZSI F13473-74] (2?), USNM [ex ZSI F13475] (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:149-150 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516] as steaticus, Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:41 [ref. 22148], Talwar 1977:637 [ref. 26599]. On p. 13 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 21 (fig. 2) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Neobythites steatiticus Alcock 1894 -- (Nielsen 1995:11 [ref. 21625], Carpenter et al. 1997:125 [ref. 23922], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:82 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 2002:84 [ref. 26394], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Kannan et al. 2013:1 [ref. 34750], Kannan et al. 2013:1 [ref. 34751], Reethas et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34746], Ali et al. 2018:313 [ref. 36183], Uiblein & Nielsen 2018:165 [ref. 35819], Psomadakis et al. 2020:326 [ref. 37272], Uiblein & Nielsen 2023:202 [ref. 40427]). Current status: Valid as Neobythites steatiticus Alcock 1894. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal (India) to Myanmar. Habitat: marine.