persica, Spottobrotula Nielsen [J. G.], Schwarzhans [W.] & Uiblein [F.] 2014:19 [131], 4, 7-8 [Marine Biology Research v. 11 (no. 2) (for 2015); ref. 33532] Persian Gulf, 27°58'N, 51°01'E, depth 45 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P771720. Paratypes: Iranian Shrimp Research Center, Bushehr (2). Plus tentatively referred specimen: ZMUC P771716 (1). •Valid as Spottobrotula persica Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein 2014 -- (Eagderi et al. 2019:34 [ref. 37020], Nielsen & Uiblein 2022:253 [ref. 39706]). Current status: Valid as Spottobrotula persica Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein 2014. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.