altivela, Guentherus Osório [B.] 1917:117, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [= Pl. 31 (fig. 2)] [Arquivo da Universidade de Lisboa v. 4; ref. 3318] Senegal coast. Syntypes: MB (4, destroyed by fire 1978). The plate number (4) given in the original description is in error; should be Pl. 3 [= Pl. 31]. Derivation of the specific name not researched. •Valid as Guentherus altivela Osório 1917 -- (Bussing & López S. 1977 [ref. 7001], Paxton in Whitehead et al. 1986:528 [ref. 13676], Smith 1986:405 [ref. 5712], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:148 [ref. 25472], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:887 [ref. 22829], McCosker & Humann 1996:19 [ref. 41107], Moore 2016:1819 [ref. 34570], Kaga et al. 2022:179 [ref. 38984]). •Valid as Guentherus altivelis Osório 1917 -- (Costa & Quéro 1990:644 [ref. 17377], Senou et al. 2008:16 [ref. 29566], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Carneiro et al. 2019:104 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:180 [ref. 39448], Grove et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Guentherus altivela Osório 1917. Ateleopodidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), including Cape Verde Islands; southwestern Indian Ocean: southern South Africa; eastern Pacific: Costa Rica south to Panama, including Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.