pardalis, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:420, Pl. 363 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Gorée, Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4597. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:142 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:107 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:481 [ref. 15577], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:572 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466] with question, Wirtz et al. 2007:7, 27 [ref. 30263], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Reiner 2019:123 [ref. 38139], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:140 [ref. 38284], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Congo, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.