coarctatus, Platophrys Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:686, Fig. 269 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Pailolo Channel, between Molokai Island and Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3859 [or 3810], depth 138-140 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51602. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8616 (3), USNM 51694 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:140 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Parabothus coarctatus (Gilbert 1905) -- (Amaoka 1969:121 [ref. 105], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:297, 406 [ref. 8256], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:348 [ref. 6441], Amaoka & Shen 1993:1045 [ref. 22092], Li & Wang 1995:182 [ref. 16193], Amaoka et al. 1997:166 [ref. 23744], Nakabo 2000:1361 [ref. 25182], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3837 [ref. 26311], Uyeda & Sasaki 2001:417 [ref. 25795], Shinohara et al. 2001:334 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1361 [ref. 26193], Randall 2007:463 [ref. 30952], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:94 [ref. 32413], Voronina & Causse 2014:149 [ref. 33421], Voronina et al. 2017:275 [ref. 35063], Amaoka & Ho 2019:198 [ref. 37188], Fricke et al. 2019:370 [ref. 37176], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:345 [ref. 40220], Tashiro 2022:84 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Parabothus coarctatus (Gilbert 1905). Bothidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: western Mascarenes (La Reunion); South China Sea to southern Japan and Kyushu-Palau Ridge; New Caledonia; Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.