bougainvilli, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:431 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] ?Indian seas. Lectotype: MNHN A-4546. Paralectotypes: MNHN (2, not found). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:325 [ref. 38284]. As bougainvilli in main heading on p. 431, as bougainvillii in Contents (p. xxii). Lectotype selected by Le Danois 1964 [ref. 6571]. •Valid as Histiophryne bougainvilli (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch 1984:40 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:253 [ref. 20669], Paxton et al. 1989:279 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:290 [ref. 22532], Lindberg et al. 1997:212 [ref. 23547], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Allen et al. 2006:642 [ref. 29066], Pietsch 2008:368 [ref. 30637], Pietsch et al. 2009:37 [ref. 30069], Arnold & Pietsch 2011:63 [ref. 31363], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Arnold 2012:62 [ref. 31855], Arnold & Pietsch 2018:629 [ref. 36266], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:323 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Histiophryne bougainvilli (Valenciennes 1837). Histiophrynidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.