indopacificum, Lestidium Ege [V.] 1953:120, Fig. 26 [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Off India [is southwest of Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean], 1°45'N, 73°03'E, depth about 100 meters (300 meters wire out). Holotype: ZMUC P2329237. Paratypes: ZMUC P2331008-22 (5), others not identifiable. Type catalog: Post 1972:148 [ref. 20860], Nielsen 1974:30 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Lestidiops indopacificus (Ege 1953) (sometimes seen as indopacifica)-- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:246 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:368 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:368 [ref. 26001], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Shinohara et al. 2005:409 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:203 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:267 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2011:359 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35805], Ho & Lin 2023:113 [ref. 40241]). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops indopacificus (Ege 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia; southeastern Pacific: off Chile. Habitat: marine.