pulchellus, Histiophorus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:305, Pl. 230 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Eastern Atlantic, north of Cape of Good Hope. Syntypes: MNHN A-6801 (1), A-6802 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Blanc 1961:378 [ref. 20733]. •Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792) -- (de Sylva 1973:477 [ref. 7210]). •Synonym of Istiophorus albicans (Latreille 1804) -- (Nakamura 1983:286 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:21 [ref. 20161], Nakamura 1990:999 [ref. 19483]). •Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792). Current status: Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792). Istiophoridae. Habitat: marine.