ovalis, Centrolophus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:346 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN A-5324 (poor condition). Type catalog: Le Danois 1963:231 [ref. 21543]. •Valid as Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier 1833) -- (Haedrich 1967:60 [ref. 5357], Haedrich 1973:561 [ref. 7216], Stehmann & Lenz 1973:188 [ref. 21561], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:1181 [ref. 13677], Haedrich 1986:845 [ref. 5659], Edwards & Glass 1987:664 [ref. 9166], Haedrich 1990:1012 [ref. 19509], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:175 [ref. 25472], Santos et al. 1997:110 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:111 [ref. 24952], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:337 [ref. 25013], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:146 [ref. 26753], Francour & Javel 2003:57 [ref. 27025], Haedrich 2003:1868 [ref. 27117], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:429 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:61 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:112 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:71 [ref. 36649], Mytilineou et al. 2013:1647 [ref. 38686], Haedrich in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2918 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:172 [ref. 37250], Bariche & Fricke 2020:64 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37519], Mavrik & Bariche in Bo et al. 2020:624 [ref. 37876], Sutton et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37832], Golani 2021:84 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:34 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier 1833). Centrolophidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to South Africa, including Azores and Canary Islands; straying to Bermuda (western Atlantic). Habitat: marine.