spilurus, Lophiomus Garman [S.] 1899:77 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] 7°32'N, 78°36'30"W, Albatross station 3396, depth 259 fathoms. Lectotype: MCZ 28739. Paralectotypes: MCZ 28738 (4). Lectotype selected by Caruso 1981:536 [ref. 5169]. •Valid as Lophiodon spilurus (Garman 1899) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957] but Lophiodes intended?, Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Lophiodes spilurus (Garman 1899) -- (Caruso 1981:536 [ref. 5169], Lea et al. 1984:250 [ref. 10077], Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], van der Heiden & González 1990:147 [ref. 19567], Bussing & López S. 1994:68 [ref. 23101], Caruso in Fischer et al. 1995:1230 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:211 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:231 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:222 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:199 [ref. 28944], Kells et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35676], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Burton & Lea 2019:52 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:22 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:163 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lophiodes spilurus (Garman 1899). Lophiidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.