ovatus, Gonostomus Cocco [A.] 1838:169 [9], Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna Anno 1, Tomo 2 (fasc. 9); ref. 865] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. On p. 9 of separate. As "Gonostomus ovatus ?" •Valid as Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco 1838) -- (Witzell 1973:119 [ref. 7172], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:318 [ref. 13675], Schaefer et al. 1986:244 [ref. 5709], Gon 1987:102 [ref. 21380], Paxton et al. 1989:188 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556], Quéro et al. 1990:343 [ref. 14985], Santos et al. 1997:33 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:34 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:442 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:29 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:430 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:236 [ref. 30629], Bañon et al. 2010:8 [ref. 31029], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:439 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:92 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:13 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:65 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:85 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco 1838). Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal (including Mediterranean Sea). Habitat: marine.