hispidus, Monochirus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:17 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque 1814 -- (Torchio 1973:633 [ref. 6892], Quéro et al. in Whitehead et al. 1986:1317 [ref. 13677], Desoutter 1990:1043 [ref. 18967], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:153 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:63 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:116 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:74 [ref. 36649], Desoutter-Meniger & Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3022 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:561 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:194 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:101 [ref. 37117], Bariche & Fricke 2020:103 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:97 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:87 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:50 [ref. 39014], Ergüden et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39449], Renoult et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40491]). Current status: Valid as Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque 1814. Soleidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Ghana. Habitat: marine.