Species that contain: Grammistops and ocellatus [ 2 ] records

canis, Tulelepis Smith [J. L. B.] 1954:869, Pl. 27 (fig. A) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 7 (no. 83) (art. 106); ref. 4094] Pemba Island, 5°S, 39°40'E, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 145. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (1) not researched. •Synonym of Grammistops ocellatus Schultz 1953 -- (Randall 1986:538 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 2020:96 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Grammistops ocellatus Schultz 1953. Grammistidae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Grammistops Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:386, Fig. 62 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon at Arji Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific, depth 20-40 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 141871. Words ending in ops are masculine, so the spelling ocellatus is correct. •Valid as Grammistops ocellatus Schultz 1953 -- (Randall et al. 1971:176 [ref. 30341], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:139 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:538 [ref. 5706], Paxton et al. 1989:517 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:123 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:123 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:118 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2473 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:731 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:731 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495] as ocellata, Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624] as ocellata, Randall 2005:169 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1027 [ref. 28999], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:91 [ref. 30492], Fricke et al. 2011:385 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:305 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:62 [ref. 33932], Parenti & Randall 2020:96 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:81 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Grammistops ocellatus Schultz 1953. Grammistidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (northern Mozambique, Tanzania) and Comoros east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.