lugubris, Lophius Alcock [A. W.] 1894:118 [4] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 90] 13.5 miles north 64° west of Columbo Light House, Sri Lanka, Investigator station 151, depth 142-400 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F13467 (1), 670/1 (1), 671/1 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:163 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:46 [ref. 22148]. On p. 4 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1895: Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [ref. 20532]. •Synonym of Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock 1894) -- (Caruso 1981:538 [ref. 5169]). •Valid as Lophiodes lugubris (Alcock 1894) -- (Ho et al. 2016:83 [ref. 35218], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Ho & Lin 2022:139 [ref. 39632]). Current status: Valid as Lophiodes lugubris (Alcock 1894). Lophiidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Wallis and Futuna, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.