gastrophysus, Lophius Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1915:Lophiidae p. 2, Fig. on p. 4 and pl. opp. p. 2 [Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro v. 17; ref. 3711] Costa do Estago da Guanabara, Brazil. Lectotype: MNRJ 1608A. Paralectotypes: MNRJ 1608 (1 of 2), 1712 (2). Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:399 [ref. 12732], Miranda Ribeiro 1962:9 [ref. 22042]. On p. 578 when continuously paginated. Lectotype selected by Miranda Ribeiro 1953:399 [ref. 12732] [but specimen perhaps not isolated]. •Valid as Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro 1915 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:86 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:236 [ref. 25518], Matsuura & Yoneda 1987:360 [ref. 22510], Boschung 1992:78 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:349 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:832 [ref. 23897], Caruso 2003:1047 [ref. 27013], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:213 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:119 [ref. 37485], Nión et al. 2016:41 [ref. 35565], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Carvalho-Filho 2023:83 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:163 [ref. 40505], Moral-Flores et al. 2024:869 [ref. 41323]). Current status: Valid as Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro 1915. Lophiidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.