pautzkei, Brosmophyciops Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:386, Fig. 128 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Lagoon at Arji Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific, depth 20-40 feet. Holotype: USNM 142023. Paratypes: USNM 142024-26 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Brosmophyciops pautzkei Schultz 1960 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:53 [ref. 881], Dor 1984:58 [ref. 29757], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:101 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:315 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:14 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:53 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:53 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:66 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:102 [ref. 24106], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:121 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1984 [ref. 24753], Randall 1999:8 [ref. 25829] as Brosmophysiops, Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:450 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:450 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624] as Brosmoyphysiops, Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Gates 2006:569 [ref. 28997], Allen & Erdmann 2012:132 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:85 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273], Anderson & Cohen 2022:263 [ref. 39707]). Current status: Valid as Brosmophyciops pautzkei Schultz 1960. Bythitidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and PitcairnGroup, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.