strictus, Symphurus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:691, Fig. 272 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off southern coast of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3920, depth 265-280 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51624. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8614 (2), USNM 51673 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:143 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Symphurus strictus Gilbert 1905 -- (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:408 [ref. 8256], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:356 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:868 [ref. 5660], Quéro & Maugé 1989:393 [ref. 19513], Li & Wang 1995:382 [ref. 16193], Adam et al. 1998:16 [ref. 23610], Munroe & Amaoka 1998:385 [ref. 23626], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1392 [ref. 25182], Munroe 2001:3895 [ref. 26314], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1392 [ref. 26193], Krabbenhoft & Munroe 2003:815 [ref. 27261], Mundy 2005:522 [ref. 28379], Munroe 2006:230 [ref. 28683], Lee et al. 2009:346 [ref. 30207], Lee et al. 2013:395 [ref. 32506], Fricke et al. 2018:374 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus strictus Gilbert 1905. Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Madagascar; southern Japan; Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.