loricata, Rondeletia Abe [T.] & Hotta [H.] 1963:43, Pls. 11 (figs. 1-7), 12 (8-9) [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 10 (nos 2-6); ref. 3774] Off Kesen-numa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, depth 750 meters. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 52196. •Valid as Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta 1963 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:281 [ref. 14275], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:115 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:443, 655 [ref. 8056], Paxton in Whitehead et al. 1986:526 [ref. 13676], Paxton & Bray 1986:434 [ref. 5703], Scott & Scott 1988:326 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:382 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:157 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], McAllister 1990:131 [ref. 14674], Paxton & Blake 1990:609 [ref. 17208], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1995:149 [ref. 22531], Kotlyar 1996:154 [ref. 23254], Shinohara et al. 1996:173 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:70 [ref. 23531], Fricke 1999:142 [ref. 24106], Paxton 1999:2204 [ref. 24788], Nakabo 2000:481 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2001:416 [ref. 25902], Chen 2002:270 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:481 [ref. 26001], Paxton & Trnski 2003:1169 [ref. 27021], Moore et al. 2003:219 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:69 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:301 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:421 [ref. 28370], Paxton & Gates 2006:750 [ref. 29007], Paxton 2008:413 [ref. 30640], Møller et al. 2010:49 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Mincarone et al. 2014:1559 [ref. 33546], Parin et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33547], Paxton 2015:995 [ref. 34277], Paxton & Trnski 2016:2171 [ref. 34603], Carneiro et al. 2019:153 [ref. 37250], Afonso et al. 2021:482 [ref. 38384], Love et al. 2021:100 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:203 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta 1963. Rondeletiidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through cold temperate seas. Habitat: marine.