imperialis, Bothus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:23 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Balearic Islands, northeast of Ibiza, 39°09’40.8’’N 1°39’10.8’’E, 108 m depth, Meciterranean Sea. Neotype: SMNS 27387. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:15 [ref. 3595]. Neotype designated by Fricke et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40065]. Original type locality Sicily [Mediterranean Sea]. •Valid as Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810) -- (Nielsen 1973:621 [ref. 6885], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1294 [ref. 13677], Jardas & Pallaoro 1987:2 [ref. 39382], Aldebert et al. 1990:1028 [ref. 19526], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:178 [ref. 25472], Santos et al. 1997:131 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:118 [ref. 24952], Evseenko 1998:59 [ref. 23643], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:149 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:114 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:72 [ref. 36649], Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2981 [ref. 34618], Fricke et al. 2017:3, 8 [ref. 35674], Martins & Carneiro 2018:78 [ref. 36550], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:153 [ref. 36791], Artüz & Fricke 2019:560 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:189 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:101 [ref. 37117], Reiner 2019:290 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:96 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:230 [ref. 39448], Fricke et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40065]). Current status: Valid as Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque 1810). Bothidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Scotland south to Spain, including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: marine.