Xenodermichthys copei (Gill 1884) patronym not identified but clearly in honor of American zoologist-paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther 1878 Latin for having small nodes or knots, referring to its “rather tough” skin, “finely longitudinally wrinkled, with numerous nodules, regularly arranged”