filifer, Asterorhombus Hensley [D. A.] & Randall [J. E.] 2003:2, Figs. 1, 2. 3A [Smithiana. Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity Spec. Publ. 2; ref. 27676] Wreckage at shore between cargo pier and launching ramp, Midway Atoll, northwestern Hawaiian Islands, depth 3-5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34871. Paratypes: AMS I.22578-038 (1); ANSP 107779 (1), 107789 (1), 108722 (1), 145284 (1); BPBM 10028 (1), 22623 (1), 24776 (1), 33653 (1), 34263 (1); MNHN 2001-1130 (1); NSMT-P60932 (1); ROM 61627 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 29059 (1), 52650 (1), 64708 (1); USNM 141789 (1), 260363 (1, lost). •Valid as Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & Randall 2003 -- (Randall 2005:613 [ref. 28239], Hensley 2005:456 [ref. 28315], Mundy 2005:516 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:457 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1046 [ref. 31980], Munroe 2015:1677 [ref. 34321], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:326 [ref. 40220]). Current status: Valid as Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & Randall 2003. Bothidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Comoros, Seychelles and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Philippines and Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.