myriaster, Rhombus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:181, Pl. 92 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3523. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:149 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Amaoka 1969:162 [ref. 105], Kailola 1971:116 [ref. 39475], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:349 [ref. 6441], Hensley 1986:856 [ref. 5669], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:45 [ref. 21500], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Kim & Youn 1994:109 [ref. 22286], Goren & Dor 1994:71 [ref. 25356], Li & Wang 1995:208 [ref. 16193], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Evseenko 1998:59 [ref. 23643], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1365 [ref. 25182], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3818 [ref. 26311], Nakabo 2002:1365 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:429, 680 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:45 [ref. 27712], Heemstra et al. 2004:3331 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Bray 2006:1816 [ref. 29000], Ho et al. 2009:10 [ref. 31461], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:88 [ref. 32413], Psomadakis et al. 2015:324 [ref. 34104], Voronina et al. 2016:385 [ref. 35064], Fricke et al. 2018:369 [ref. 35805], Amaoka & Ho 2019:170 [ref. 37188], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:588 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:281 [ref. 41223], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:328 [ref. 40220], Tashiro 2022:83 [ref. 39012], Ummath et al. 2024:[6] [ref. 41632]). Current status: Valid as Bothus myriaster (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Bothidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Rodrigues) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Korea and southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.