chiltonae, Thysanophrys Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1966:57, Figs. 146-147 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 3; ref. 5366] Coral head near north end of Lagoon at Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific, depth 18 feet. Holotype: USNM 141009. Paratypes: USNM 99652 (1), 112394 (1), 141010-24 (11, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1). •Valid as Inegocia chiltonae (Schultz 1966) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz 1966 -- (Knapp 1986:485 [ref. 5683], Shao & Chen 1987:87 [ref. 8042], Paxton et al. 1989:472 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:87 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:23 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:120 [ref. 22896], Imamura 1996:212 [ref. 22700], Randall et al. 1997:87 [ref. 25919], Imamura & Knapp 1999:179 [ref. 23886], Myers 1999:104 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:171 [ref. 24106], Knapp 1999:2420 [ref. 24807], Nakabo 2000:620 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:620 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:133 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:947 [ref. 29079], Fricke et al. 2009:42 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:77 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:258 [ref. 31980], Knapp 2013:128 [ref. 32395], Larson et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:92 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:56 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:23 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Imamura et al. 2019:21 [ref. 36722], Psomadakis et al. 2020:378 [ref. 37272], Knapp 2022:598 [ref. 39727]). Current status: Valid as Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz 1966. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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