Species that contain: Synaptura and lusitanica [ 4 ] records

cadenati, Synaptura Chabanaud [P.] 1948:512 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 20 (no. 6); ref. 19524] Lomé, Togo, depth 4-5 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1949-0001. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:327 [ref. 25922]. •Valid as Synaptura cadenati Chabanaud 1948 -- (Desoutter 1990:1047 [ref. 18967]). •Synonym of Synaptura lusitanica de Brito Capello 1868 -- (Desoutter et al. 2001:327 [ref. 25922]). •Valid as Dagetichthys cadenati (Chabanaud 1948) -- (Vachon et al. 2008:410 [ref. 32765], Desoutter-Meniger & Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3011 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:295 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:232 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Dagetichthys cadenati (Chabanaud 1948). Soleidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Congo, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lusitanica, Synaptura de Brito Capello [F.] 1868:62 [Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa v. 2 (no. 5); ref. 17968] Lisbon and Setubal, Portugal [eastern Atlantic]. Syntypes: (8) BMNH 1867.7.23.9 (1), MNHN 0000-4804 (1), lost in fire (probably 6). Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:327 [ref. 25922]. •Valid as Synaptura lusitanica (de Brito Capello 1868) -- (Torchio 1973:634 [ref. 6892], Quéro et al. in Whitehead et al. 1986:1323 [ref. 13677], Desoutter 1986:431 [ref. 6212], Desoutter 1990:1047 [ref. 18967], Desoutter in Lévêque et al. 1992:864 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:79 [ref. 24781], Falcón et al. 2003:146 [ref. 39343], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36864] as lusitanica lusitanica). •Valid as Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868) -- (Vachon et al. 2008:408 [ref. 32765], Desoutter-Meniger & Munroe in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:3012 [ref. 34618], Martins & Carneiro 2018:94 [ref. 36550], Carneiro et al. 2019:192 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:295 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2021:49 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:232 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868). Soleidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigromaculata, Synaptura punctatissima var. Pellegrin [J.] 1905:141 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 30 (no. 7); ref. 15374] Nouakchott, Mauritania, West coast of Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1905-0296. •Synonym of Synaptura lusitanica de Brito Capello 1868, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Desoutter 1990:1048 [ref. 18967]). •Synonym of Synaptura lusitanica de Brito Capello 1868 -- (Desoutter et al. 2001:327 [ref. 25922]). •Synonym of Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868) -- (Vachon et al. 2008:408 [ref. 32765]). Current status: Synonym of Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctatissima, Synaptura Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1876:249, Pl. (fig. 2) [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876 (for 27 Apr. 1876); ref. 10019] Victoria, West Africa. Holotype (unique): ZMB 9330. •Synonym of Synaptura lusitanica de Brito Capello 1868 -- (Torchio 1973:634 [ref. 6892], Desoutter 1986:431 [ref. 6212], Desoutter 1990:1047 [ref. 18967]). •Synonym of Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868). Current status: Synonym of Dagetichthys lusitanicus (de Brito Capello 1868). Soleidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.