(New Japanese name: Sharin-kaede-kumohitode)
Ophiambix epicopus Paterson & Baker, 1988: 1589–1590, figs. 2a–d, h, i, 3g–i, 4.
Material examined. NSMT E-13035, 1 specimen, ethanol, collected with beam trawl by the T /S TOYOSHIO MARU, To-03, St. 11, north of Kuroshima Island, Kerama Island Group, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, southwest of Japan, 26°19.18′N, 127°25.56′E, 596–606 m, 24 May 2003 (Fig. 1).
Distribution. Japan: north of Kuroshima Island, Kerama Islands (present study); New Zealand: northwest of Napier Island, Kermadec Islands (Paterson & Baker, 1988). Depth range 530– 606 m. This is a new record of the present species from Japanese waters.