nigromaculatus, Laeops von Bonde [C.] 1922:10, Pl. 3 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 1); ref. 520] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 112 and 152, depth 100-160 fathoms. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1922.3.27.13-14 [from Gilchrist] (2?). •Valid as Laeops nigromaculatus von Bonde 1922 -- (Amaoka 1969:205 [ref. 105], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:350 [ref. 6441], Hensley 1986:859 [ref. 5669], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:60 [ref. 21500], Nakabo 2000:1370 [ref. 25182], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3836 [ref. 26311], Shinohara et al. 2001:334 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1370 [ref. 26193], Kaga & Amaoka 2003:131 [ref. 27449], Fricke et al. 2018:371 [ref. 35805], Voronina et al. 2020:818 [ref. 38046], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:343 [ref. 40220]). Current status: Valid as Laeops nigromaculatus von Bonde 1922. Bothidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to Saya de Malha Bank and Madagascar; southern Japan; Solomon Islands to Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.