lauta, Lampris Lowe [R. T.] 1838:183 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Off Madeira. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) -- (Palmer 1973:328 [ref. 7195], Quéro & Gayet 1990:643 [ref. 17373]). •Valid as Lampris lauta Lowe 1838 -- (Underkoffler et al. 2018:560 [ref. 35908] dated and with a neotype designated for 1860 and erroneously included in the synonymy of L. guttatus, Carneiro et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37250]) Current status: Valid as Lampris lauta Lowe 1838. Lampridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain). Habitat: marine.