capensis, Champsodon Regan [C. T.] 1908:244, Pl. 27 (fig. 2) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] South coast of Cape Colony, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 30-35 fathoms. Lectotype: BMNH 1903.1.29.6. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1902.1.29.7-9 (3). Lectotype selected by Nemeth 1994:354 [ref. 21820]. •Valid as Champsodon capensis Regan 1908 -- (Dor 1984:221 [ref. 29757], Heemstra 1986:734 [ref. 5660], Nemeth 1994:354 [ref. 21820], Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Mooi & Johnson 1997:158 [ref. 22939], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:427 [ref. 33460], Yapici et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34006], Golani & Fricke 2018:136 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 18 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Stern et al. 2020:2869 [ref. 37523], Heemstra 2022:318 [ref. 39948]). Current status: Valid as Champsodon capensis Regan 1908. Champsodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa east to Seychelles and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: marine.