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