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Species in the family or subfamily Lophotidae: [ 11 ] records

capellei, Lophotes Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] (ex Bürger) 1845:132, Pl. 71 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Japanese seas. Holotype (unique): Destroyed. Type information: Boeseman 1947:116 [ref. 12876]. Original genus should have been Lophotus. Based on description and illustration by Bürger [Heinrich Bürger, 1804 or 1806-1858, German biologist employed in the Dutch East Indies, studied the fauna and flora of Japan]; holotype was destroyed according to Temminck & Schlegel 1845:132 [ref. 4373]. •Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 -- (Heemstra 1986:403 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Paulin et al. 1989:148 [ref. 24556], Paxton et al. 1989:398 [ref. 12442] as Lophotes capelli, Nakabo 2000:403 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:403 [ref. 26001], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Craig et al. 2004:63 [ref. 28412], Love et al. 2005:48 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:236 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:539 [ref. 28995], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:112 [ref. 36167], Stewart 2015:688 [ref. 34254], Kells et al. 2016:108 [ref. 35888], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Sonoyama et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:224 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:74 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845. Lophotidae. Distribution: Possiby circumglobal, but definitely recorded from southeastern Atlantic, western Australia and eastern Australia, New Zealand region, Japan, Hawaiian Islands and California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

cepedianus, Lophotus Cloquet [H.] 1823:195 (v. 27) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Unneeded new name for and objective synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Spelling cepedianus based on latinization of the vernacular name "Le Lophote Cepedien." •Synonym of Lophotus lacepedei [sic, should be lacepede] Giorna 1809 -- (Palmer 1973:334 [ref. 7195], Palmer in Whitehead et al. 1986:734 [ref. 13676], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:646 [ref. 17473]). Current status: Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Habitat: marine.

cepedii, Lophotes Goldfuss [G. A.] 1820:72 [Handbuch der Zoologie 2 parts; ref. 1829] Unneeded new name for and objective synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Spelling cepedii based on latinization of the vernacular name "Le Lophote Cepedien." Goldfuss (1820) cited a paper by Cuvier 1813 [ref. 26409], and Cuvier used the name "Le Lophote Cepedien, Giorna." See also Lophotes cepedii Schinz 1822. •Objective synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Current status: Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Habitat: marine.

cepedii, Lophotes Schinz [H. R.] 1822:401 [Das Thierreich v. 2; ref. 3926] Unneeded new name for and objective synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1803 [1809] (see Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392] who says the name was an unjustified emendation). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Lophotes cepedii Goldfuss 1820. •Objective synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1803 [sic 1809] -- (Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392] as cepedianus). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Habitat: marine.

cristatus, Lophotes Johnson [J. Y.] 1863:38 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 1) (art. 5) (for 13 Jan. 1863); ref. 5021] Madeira. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.8.27.1. •Synonym of Lophotus lacepedei [sic] Giorna 1809 -- (Palmer 1973:334 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990: [ref. 17473], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:27 [ref. 36649]). •Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 -- (Mundy 2005:236 [ref. 28379] with author as Bosc). •Possible valid if distinct from lacepede -- (Craig et al. 2004:63 [ref. 28412]). •Valid as Lophotus cristatus Johnson 1863 -- (Heemstra 2022:228 [ref. 39702]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus cristatus Johnson 1863. Lophotidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea; Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

fiski, Lophotes Günther [A.] 1890:244, Pls. 19-20 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 1 Apr. 1890); ref. 18232] Cape of Good Hope, Kalk Bay, South Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1890.4.8.1. •Valid as Eumethichthys fiski (Günther 1890) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Eumecichthys fiski (Günther 1890) -- (Heemstra & Kannemeyer 1986:402 [ref. 5666], Robins & Ray 1986:119 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre 1991:78 [ref. 19554], Olney 1999:1971 [ref. 24751], Nakabo 2000:403 [ref. 25086], Olney in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:403 [ref. 26001], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27192], Olney 2003:955 [ref. 27007], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:236 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:539 [ref. 28995], Bray 2008:298 [ref. 30620], Shao et al. 2008:242 [ref. 29952], Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Olney 2016:1936 [ref. 34579], Fourriére et al. 2016:455 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Sonoyama et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:223 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:193 [ref. 39448] with question, Heemstra 2022:227 [ref. 39702], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Eumecichthys fiski (Günther 1890). Lophotidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.

guntheri, Lophotes Johnston [R. M.] 1883:177 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882; ref. 18340] Near Emu Bay, northwestern coast of Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS B.5776 [ex TMH [Hobart Mus.]]. Also appeared in Johnston 1883:142 [ref. 18337]. Named for A. Günther of the BMNH (named after "the author of the Fishes of the British Museum"), so the name should be spelled guentheri. •Synonym of Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:398 [ref. 12442]). •Apparently valid as Lophotus guentheri Johnston 1883 -- (Craig et al. 2004:63 [ref. 28412]). •Valid as Lophotus guentheri Johnston 1883 -- (Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187] as guntheri, Sutton et al. 2020:224 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus guentheri Johnston 1883. Lophotidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

lacepede, Lophotus Giorna [M. E.] 1809:179, 180, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences, littérature et beaux-arts, Turin, Sér. Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques. [v. 16] (pt 1) (for 1805-1808); ref. 1808] No types known. Appeared as "Le Lophote-Lacepede" on p. 180, with genus as "Lophote-Lophotus" on p. 179; now accepted as valid by authors, although 2 other species are treated as vernacular names in the same work. Also appeared in Cuvier 1813 [ref. 26409] and Bosc 1817:186 as "Le Lophote cépédien." Also as cepedii Schinz 1822 and Goldfuss 1820, and cepedianus Cloquet 1823. All are apparently the same species which we call Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Name appeared as Lophotes cepedianus in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:xxiij, Pl. 301 [ref. 1004]. •Wrongly valid as Lophotus lacepedei [sic] Bosc 1817 -- (Palmer 1973:334 [ref. 7195], Palmer in Whitehead et al. 1986:734 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:118 [ref. 23100], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:646 [ref. 17473], Gomon et al. 1994:430 [ref. 22532], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:27 [ref. 36649]). •Valid as Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 [sometimes as Bosc 1817] -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:120 [ref. 9277], Heemstra 1986:403 [ref. 5660], Andrew et al. 1995:15 [ref. 38009], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:684 [ref. 23897], Olney 1999:1971 [ref. 24751], Olney in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:47 [ref. 26753], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27192], Olney 2003:955 [ref. 27007], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:236 [ref. 28379] with author as Bosc, Craig et al. 2004:63 [ref. 28412], Tripepi et al. 2004:S150 [ref. 28446] as lacepedei, Fricke et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29533], Dulĉić & Soldo 2008:93 [ref. 30483], Bray 2008:298 [ref. 30620], Fricke et al. 2009:26 [ref. 30213], Roberts 2012:55 [ref. 32187], Page et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32708], Olney 2016:1936 [ref. 34579], Carneiro et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36864], Yapici 2019:15 [ref. 36891], Kovačić et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:223 [ref. 37832], Ali et al. 2021:207 [ref. 38912], Dalyan et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38892], Kovačić et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39014], Albano et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39781], Hemida et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39568], Minasidis & Kaminas 2022:381 [ref. 39127], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505], Grech & Ferruzzi in Digenis et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40958]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; northeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

machadoi, Lophotes Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1927:39 [Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 15860] Coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 3039. Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:399 [ref. 12732], Miranda Ribeiro 1962:8 [ref. 22043]. •Valid as Lophotus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro 1927 -- (Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27192]). Current status: Valid as Lophotus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro 1927. Lophotidae. Distribution: Brazil. Habitat: marine.

peregrinus, Leptopus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:16 [Specchio delle scienze, o giornale enciclopedico de Sicilia v. 1; ref. 3581] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Lophotus lacepedei [sic, should be lacepede] Giorna 1809 -- (Palmer 1973:334 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:646 [ref. 17473]). •Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 -- (Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Habitat: marine.

siculus, Lophotes Swainson [W.] 1839:396, Fig. 126 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Off Monte Pelegrino, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Lophotus lacepedei [sic, should be lacepede] Giorna 1809 -- (Palmer 1973:334 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:646 [ref. 17473]). Current status: Synonym of Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809. Lophotidae. Habitat: marine.