nobilis, Polymixia Lowe [R. T.] 1836:198, Pl. 4 [Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society v. 6 (pts 1); ref. 2828] Off Madeira. No types known. Possible syntype and/or Lowe specimen: BMNH 1855.11.29.10. Nemobrama webbii dates to the plate published in 1837, which apparently makes it older than Polymixia nobilis 1838; it is suggested that continued use of nobilis be retained. •Valid as Polymixia nobilis Lowe 1836 -- (Nielsen 1973:336 [ref. 6885], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:738 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:432 [ref. 5660], Edwards & Glass 1987:632 [ref. 9166], Gutherz et al. 1987:143 [ref. 39765], Paxton et al. 1989:362 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:112 [ref. 14674], Hureau 1990:625 [ref. 17267], Cervigón 1991:254 [ref. 24472], Kotlyar 1992:18 [ref. 20773], Cervigón 1992:380 [ref. 23827], Kotlyar 1996:65 [ref. 23292], Santos et al. 1997:52 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:74 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:694 [ref. 23897], Uiblein et al. 1999:62 [ref. 24045], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:153 [ref. 25013], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27192], Moore 2003:962 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:205 [ref. 27076], Moore 2016:1942 [ref. 34570], Almeida & Alves 2017:293 [ref. 35554], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Borden et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36559], Brown et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:149 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:110 [ref. 38139], Grande & Wilson 2021:584 [ref. 38492], Robertson et al. 2022:87 [ref. 39353], Caixeta et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40847]). Current status: Valid as Polymixia nobilis Lowe 1836. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Lesser Antilles, including Gulf of Mexico and off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena, Vavilov’s underwater ridge; eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Meteor Bank, Canary Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Possibly northwestern and southwestern Pacific on ref. 36559. Habitat: marine.