aculeatus, Lophius Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:325 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 5, art. 1); ref. 30214] 32°28'N, 78°47'09"W, about 92.4 kilometers at 107° off Off Charleston Light, South Carolina, USA [Original: Straits of Bahamas, Atlantic, depth 40 fathoms]. Neotype: AMNH 76821. This species is preoccupied by Lophius aculeatus Walbaum 1792, which does not appear to have been used; therefore, Lophius aculeatus Mitchill 1818 can be treated as a nomen protectum. Neotype selected by Ho et al. 2010:[5] [ref. 30891] •In Halieutichthys -- (Bradbury 1967:413 [ref. 23209]). •Valid as Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill 1818) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:251 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:89 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:194 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:80 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:836 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:214 [ref. 27076], Schwartz et al. 2003:96 [ref. 27315], Nelson et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27807], Ho et al. 2010:845 [ref. 30891], Page et al. 2013:98 [ref. 32708], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:679 [ref. 38945]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill 1818). Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Atlantic coast of southern U.S.A. and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.