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doliatus, Latilus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:371, Pl. 130 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Surviving syntypes: MNHN 0000-8154 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:23 [ref. 15502] with MNHN 0000-8154 as holotype. Based on a specimen collected by Quoy & Gaimard (which is the surviving syntype rather than a holotype), and a drawing by Delisse with an underlaying specimen. •Valid as Branchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dooley 1978:42 [ref. 5499], Heemstra 1986:613 [ref. 5660], Dooley & Kailola 1988:251 [ref. 7299], Fricke 1999:237 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:264 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30213], Hiramatsu & Yoshina 2012:41 [ref. 32026], Fricke et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35805], Dooley 2022:377 [ref. 39861]). Current status: Valid as Branchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier 1830). Latilidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.


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