albicans, Makaira Latreille [P. A.] 1804:104 [ ref. 17490] Brazil. No types known. •Valid as Istiophorus albicans (Latreille 1804) -- (Nakamura 1983:286 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:21 [ref. 20161], Nakamura in Whitehead et al. 1986:1001 [ref. 13676], Nakamura 1990:999 [ref. 19483], Cervigón 1992:342 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1994:233 [ref. 24488], Santos et al. 1997:129 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:103 [ref. 24952], Afonso et al. 1999:80 [ref. 25466], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:140 [ref. 26753], Nakamura 2003:1863 [ref. 27116], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:103 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:791 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Fricke et al. 2007:111 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2007:41 [ref. 30263], Nión et al. 2016:54 [ref. 35565], Carvalho-Filho 2023:258 [ref. 40480]). •Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792) -- (de Sylva 1973:477 [ref. 7210], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:335 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:169 [ref. 27754], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:425 [ref. 28072], Collette et al. 2006:465 [ref. 28911], Nakamura & Collette in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2941 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792). Istiophoridae. Distribution: Southwestern Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic [if treated as a valid species or subspecies]. Habitat: marine.