simulus, Dibranchus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:211, Pls. 22 (fig. 1), 23 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1896); ref. 3577] Near Malavatuan Island, southern Luzon Island, 13°48'30"N, 120°28'40"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5283, depth 280 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 70274. •Valid as Halieutopsis simulus (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Bradbury 1967:412 [ref. 23209], Okamura et al. 1987:204 [ref. 6850]). •Valid as Halieutopsis simula (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Bradbury 1988:14 [ref. 6428], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767], Bradbury in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Bradbury 2003:7 [ref. 27309], Shao et al. 2008:243 [ref. 29952], Ho & Shao 2008:295 [ref. 30133], Ho 2021:50 [ref. 38926]). Current status: Valid as Halieutopsis simula (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: off Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.