ovata, Solea Richardson [J.] 1846:279 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China; China seas. Syntypes: BMNH 1848.3.16.197-200 (4). •Valid as Solea ovata Richardson 1846 -- (Feng in Pan et al. 1991:530 [ref. 23876], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Munroe 2001:3887 [ref. 26314], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Vachon et al. 2005:318 [ref. 29620], Vachon et al. 2008:12 [ref. 29607], Yoshida et al. 2013:219 [ref. 34464], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2015:94 [ref. 34319], Voronina et al. 2016:399 [ref. 35064], Motomura et al. 2017:225 [ref. 35490], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:319 [ref. 36495] misidentified, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 12 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Solea ovata Richardson 1846. Soleidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to northern Vietnam and southern China. Habitat: marine.