strigosus, Aulostomus Wheeler [A. C.] 1955:618 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 92) (art. 73); ref. 12537] St. Helena Island, South Atlantic. Holotype: BMNH 1946.5.23.22. Paratypes: BMNH 1868.6.15.2 (8), 1868.3.11.10 (1), 1927.12.7.1 (1), 1908.7.24.14 (1), 1864.6.6.7 (1), 1881.10.20.2 (1). •Valid as Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler 1955 -- (Wheeler 1973:272 [ref. 7190], Edwards & Glass 1987:633 [ref. 9166], Fritzsche 1990:653 [ref. 17532], Afonso et al. 1999:71 [ref. 25466], Bowen et al. 2001:1029 [ref. 25372], Feitoza et al. 2003:68 [ref. 26943] as aff. strigosus, Luiz et al. 2004:1176 [ref. 27860], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155] as aff. strigosus, Wirtz et al. 2007:28 [ref. 30263], Kuiter 2009:313 [ref. 30404], Wirtz et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33516], Oliveira-Silva et al. 2015:237 [ref. 39970], Pinheiro et al. 2015:11 [ref. 34324], Fritzsche 2016:2240 [ref. 34608], Brown et al. 2019:171 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:174 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:151 [ref. 38139], Guabiroba et al. 2020:702 [ref. 37571], Fermon et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:99 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler 1955. Aulostomidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain; southern-central Atlantic: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Saint Helena and Ascension islands; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Namibia, including Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.