simulans, Nanichthys Hubbs [C. L.] & Wisner [R. L.] 1980:531, Fig. 5 [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 77 (no. 3) (for 1979); ref. 2267] Central South Atlantic, 24°02.5'S, 15°32'W. Holotype: SIO 63-546. Paratypes: ANSP 144095 [ex SIO 63-555] (5); BMNH 1980.9.5.10-13 [ex SIO 63-549] (4); CAS 47409 [ex SIO 63-569] (1); MCZ [ex SIO 63-555] (5); SIO 63-546 (17, now 16), 63-548 (16), 63-549 (6, now 2), 63-550 (7), 63-553 (4), 63-555 (orig. 11, now 1), 63-571 (2, now 0); USNM 204257-58 (2, 4), 222664 [ex SIO 63-545] (8). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:152 [ref. 13621], Collette et al. 1992:12 [ref. 19410]. •Valid as Nanichthys simulans Hubbs & Wisner 1980 -- (Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:610 [ref. 13676], Smith 1986:387 [ref. 5712], Wisner 1990:598 [ref. 16638], Cervigón 1992:414 [ref. 23827], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:147 [ref. 25472], Santos et al. 1997:67 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:62 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24203], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:67 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Scomberesox simulans (Hubbs & Wisner 1980) -- (Collette 2004:3 [ref. 27582], Collette 2016:2131 [ref. 34601], Brown et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36444] as Scomberescox s., Bemis & Collette 2019:83 [ref. 37342], Carneiro et al. 2019:198 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:267 [ref. 39448] possible, Heemstra 2022:381 [ref. 39704], Carvalho-Filho 2023:91 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Scomberesox simulans (Hubbs & Wisner 1980). Scomberesocidae. Distribution: Warm-temperate waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Habitat: marine.