Species that contain: Lestidiops and distans [ 1 ] records

distans, Lestidium Ege [V.] 1953:95, 119, Fig. 19 [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Off west coast of Africa, 10°21'N, 17°59'W, depth about 30 meters (100 meters wire out). Holotype: ZMUC P2316994 (poor condition). Paratypes: ZMUC P2316995-96 (2), P2316997-98 (2); others not identifiable. Type catalog: Post 1972:146 [ref. 20860], Nielsen 1974:29 [ref. 9588], Ho & Tsai 2023:475 [ref. 40364]. •Valid as Lestidiops distans (Ege 1953) -- (Post 1990:375 [ref. 15233], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Russell 2016:1847 [ref. 34572], Sutton et al. 2020:144 [ref. 37832] dated 1933, Ho & Tsai 2023:475 [ref. 40364]). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops distans (Ege 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to northern Angola, including Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.