inermis, Cottunculus Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:365, Pl. 28 (fig. 2) [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Coast of Soudan, 22°57'N, 17°31'W, depth 930 meters depth, or "Banc d'Arguin", 20°44'N, 18°07'W, northwestern Africa, depth 1495 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1887-0207. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1887-0208 (1) Coast of Sudan, nw. Africa; 1 from Banc d'Arguin lost. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:50 [ref. 20738]. Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer 1998:773 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Cottunculoides inermis (Vaillant 1888) -- (Nelson 1977:508 [ref. 7034]). •Valid as Cottunculus inermis (Vaillant 1888) -- (Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:289, 402 [ref. 8256], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:331 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:603, 731 [ref. 8056], Nelson 1986:492 [ref. 5698], Nelson 1990:688 [ref. 17821], Fricke 1990:407 [ref. 15492], Nelson 1995:69 [ref. 22668]). •Valid as Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant 1888) -- (Nelson 1999:2428 [ref. 24810], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847] as cf. inermis, Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nelson 2016:2292 [ref. 34615], Fermon et al. 2022:296 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant 1888). Psychrolutidae: Psychrolutinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique. Habitat: marine.