granulifer, Histiophorus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:42 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Saint Sébastien beach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAM 13857 (head, dry). •Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792) -- (de Sylva 1973:478 [ref. 7210]). •Synonym of Istiophorus albicans (Latreille 1804) -- (Nakamura 1983:286 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:21 [ref. 20161]). Current status: Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792). Istiophoridae. Habitat: marine.