mexicanus, Pikea Schultz [L. P.] 1958:323, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 108 (no. 3405); ref. 10155] Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A., 27°22'N, 96°08'W, depth 103 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 158246. Paratypes: FMNH 64544 [ex USNM] (1); TU 11004 (6), 11008 (1), 12972 (11), 12985 (1), 14739 (1); USNM 117191 (6), 155240 (2), 155508 (1), 156706-09 (1, 1, 1, 1), 158240 (1), 158246 (1), 177730 (6). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:125-126 [ref. 20861], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:65 [ref. 12367], Bart & Taylor 1993:54 [ref. 20906]. Described as a new species and subspecies; types for P. m. atlanticus not included here. •Valid as Pikea mexicana Schultz 1958 -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:315 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:144 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:154 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:367 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:434 [ref. 23827]). •Valid as Bathyanthias mexicana (Schultz 1958) -- (Randall & Taylor 1988:4 [ref. 6429], Boschung 1992:109 [ref. 23239]). •Valid as Bathyanthias mexicanus (Schultz 1958) -- (Heemstra et al. 2003:1325 [ref. 27060], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Parenti & Randall 2020:103 [ref. 37354], Esmaeili et al. 2023:219 [ref. 40327]). Current status: Valid as Bathyanthias mexicanus (Schultz 1958). Liopropomatidae: Liopropomatinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and the Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.