laevis, Uranoscopus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:47, Pl. 8 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New South Wales, Australia. No types known. •Valid as Kathetostoma laeve [or levis] (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Pietsch 1989:296 [ref. 12541] as laeva, Kishimoto in Amaoka et al. 1990:298 [ref. 16024], Kuiter 1993:320 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:722 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:324 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Bray & Hoese 2006:1512 [ref. 29049] as laeve, Gomon 2008:681 [ref. 30614] as laeve, Gomon & Roberts 2011:11 [ref. 31180] as laeva, Vilasri 2013:89 [ref. 33304]). Current status: Valid as Kathetostoma laeve (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Australia: southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.