caulinaris, Lophiomus Garman [S.] 1899:79 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] 7°40'N, 79°17'50"W, Alabatross station 3387, depth 127 fathoms. Lectotype: MCZ 28737. Paralectotypes: MCZ 28736 (1). Lectotype selected by Caruso 1981:535 [ref. 5169]. •Valid as Lophiodes caulinaris (Garman 1899) -- (Caruso 1981:535 [ref. 5169], Lea et al. 1984:250 [ref. 10077], Allen & Robertson 1994:81 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López 1994:68 [ref. 23101], Caruso in Fischer et al. 1995:1229 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:210 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:230 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:222 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:199 [ref. 28944], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:349 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35676], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:163 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:419 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Lophiodes caulinaris (Garman 1899). Lophiidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Islands (Costa Rica) and Malpelo Islands (Colombia). Habitat: marine.