veneris, Bovichthys Sauvage [H.-E.] 1879:25 [Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale (Paris) v. 8; ref. 14281] Saint Paul Island, southern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9506 (1), 0000-9507 (1), 1884-0154 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1963:340 [ref. 20866]. Original genus should have been Bovichtus. •Valid as Bovichtus veneris Sauvage 1879 -- (Pequeño & Inzunza 1987:136 [ref. 11845] as Bovichthys, Eastman & Eakin 2000:14 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S96 [ref. 29555], Near et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36617], Eastman & Eakin 2021:[2] [ref. 38307]). Current status: Valid as Bovichtus veneris Sauvage 1879. Bovichtidae. Distribution: Southern Indian Ocean: Saint Paul Island endemic. Habitat: marine.
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