azureus, Rhomboidichthys Alcock [A. W.] 1889:283, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 85] Eight to 20 miles southwest of Puri, Bay of Bengal, depth 7-13 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.1.6.41 [ex ZSI] (1); ZSI F12184 (1), 12354 (1, not found), 12355 (1). Type catalog: Talwar 1977:638 [ref. 26599]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 24 (fig. 3) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock 1889) -- (Hensley & Randall 1993:1125 [ref. 22080], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:234 [ref. 24016], Li & Wang 1995:186 [ref. 16193], Chen et al. 1997:175 [ref. 26476], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3820 [ref. 26311], Hutchins 2001:46 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:46 [ref. 27712], Hoese & Bray 2006:1817 [ref. 29000], Ho et al. 2009:10 [ref. 31461], Ohashi & Motomura 2012:145 [ref. 32404], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:90 [ref. 32413], Nair & Gopalakrishnan 2015:87 [ref. 36653], Psomadakis et al. 2015:324 [ref. 34104], Voronina et al. 2016:385 [ref. 35064], Amaoka & Ho 2019:177 [ref. 37188], Psomadakis et al. 2020:589 [ref. 37272], Seo et al. 2021:267 [ref. 38664], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:332 [ref. 40220]). Current status: Valid as Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock 1889). Bothidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Madagascar east to Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea, north to Korea, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.