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name
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crested oarfish
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Alternative name
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oarfish
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Alternative name
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unicorn fish
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Valid name
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Lophotus lacepedei
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| Synonym | Common names: |
| Synonym | unicorn fish [UK and USA] |
| Synonym | oarfish [UK and USA] |
| Synonym | crested oarfish [UK and USA] |
| Synonym | Lophotus lacepedei Giorna, 1809 |
| Synonym | Lophotes cristatus Johnson, 1863, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 38 (Madeira). |
| Synonym | Lophotus cristatus: Fitch and Lavenberg, 1968: 86. |
| Synonym | Lophotus lacepede: Risso, 1826: 293. |
| Synonym | Leptopus peregrinus Rafinesque, 1814b, Spec. Sci., Palermo: 16-17 (Mediterranean). |
| Synonym | Lophotes siculus Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Lond., 2: 397 (Sicily). |
| Synonym | Lophotus cepedianus Cloquet, 1823, Dict. Sci. nat., Paris, 27: 195 (no locality). |
| Synonym | Lophotes cepedianus: Valenciennes, 1835, in Cuv. Val., 10: 405, pl. 301 1 Barnard, 1925: 357, pl. XIV. |
| Synonym | Lophotus lacepedei: Goin and Erdman, 1951: 285 1 Briggs, 1952: 206 1 Krefft, 1953: 275, fig. 1. |
| Synonym | Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809, Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, 1805-1808,16: 179-180, pl. II (fig. l) (probably Mediterranean). |