filamentosus, Salmo Bloch [M. E.] 1792:424, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin v. 10 (art. 38); ref. 14112] Rio Ardenza, at Livorno, Italy. Nielsen 1973:160 treats as valid but has author as Cloquet 1816. Bloch 1792 included a description and figure but no scientific name. First use needs research. •Valid as Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792) -- (Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:403 [ref. 13675], Parin & Kotlyar 1989:407 [ref. 12748], Sulak 1990:349 [ref. 14996], Thompson 1998:50 [ref. 23291], Santos et al. 1997:38 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:41 [ref. 24952], Uiblein et al. 1999:61 [ref. 24045], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:148 [ref. 25013], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:42 [ref. 26753], Nelson et al. 2004:87 [ref. 27807], Velet 2003:111 [ref. 28220], Golani 2005:22 [ref. 37112], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:17 [ref. 28815], Fricke et al. 2007:58 [ref. 29533], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:28 [ref. 30983], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:23 [ref. 36649], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Thompson & Gomon 2016:1823 [ref. 34571], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:104 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:15 [ref. 37828], Bariche & Fricke 2020:38 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:23 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:180 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea south to Brazil; Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Gulf of Guinea, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.