latus, Samariscus Matsubara [K.] & Takamuki [H.] 1951:361, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 12787] Off Owase, Kumano-Nada, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 2386 (apparently lost). Paratypes: (apparently lost) FAKU 15785 (1), 16050-54 (5). •Valid as Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki 1951 -- (Sakamoto 1984:211 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:354 [ref. 6441], Quéro et al. 1989:113 [ref. 12826], Hensley 1993:373 [ref. 22369], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:182 [ref. 21500], Li & Wang 1995:275 [ref. 16193], Amaoka et al. 1997:94 [ref. 22730], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1382 [ref. 25182], Hensley 2001:3875 [ref. 26313], Shinohara et al. 2001:336 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1382 [ref. 26193], Kawai et al. 2008:19 [ref. 29524], Ho et al. 2009:12 [ref. 31461], Voronina 2009:581 [ref. 33679], Kawai et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31689], Diaz de Astaoloa et al. 2014:245 [ref. 33164], Shinohara et al. 2014:278 [ref. 33330], Voronina & Suzumoto 2017:8 [ref. 35132], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki 1951. Samaridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Saya de Malha Bank. Habitat: marine.