loppei, Ijimaia Roule [L.] 1922:641 [Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences v. 174; ref. 15378] Morocco coast, 20 miles from Agadir, 31°10'N, 10°12'W, depth 350-400 meters. Holotype: MNHN 1922-0033. Paratypes: MHNLR P.265 (1). Type catalog: Aloncle 1968:684-685 [ref. 20713]. •Valid as Ijimaia loppei Roule 1922 -- (Paxton 1973:215 [ref. 7183], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:284 [ref. 14275], Paxton in Whitehead et al. 1986:529 [ref. 13676], Smith 1986:406 [ref. 5712], Costa & Quéro 1990:644 [ref. 17377], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:148 [ref. 25472], Puzon & Serrano 1998:297 [ref. 23582], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:547 [ref. 23897], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:171 [ref. 28938], Moore 2016:1819 [ref. 34570], Reiner 2019:99 [ref. 38139], Bañón & Maño 2021:55 [ref. 38883], Iglésias et al. 2021:173 [ref. 38818], Fermon et al. 2022:180 [ref. 39448], Kaga et al. 2022:178 [ref. 38984], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505], Carvalho-Souza et al. 2024:[2] [ref. 41333]). Current status: Valid as Ijimaia loppei Roule 1922. Ateleopodidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico; southern Caribbean Sea (Netherlands Antilles) south to eastern Brazil; eastern Atlantic: Porcupine Bank (off Ireland) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa). ICZN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.