Rhopalophthalmus egregius Hansen 1910

56. Rhopalophthalmus egregius Hansen, 1910 Rhopalophthalmus phyllodus Murano, 1988 Indonesia records: Sangkapura, Bawean Island (Hansen 1910) and Segara Anakan, Cilacap, Tegal (Central Java) (Hanamura et al. 2011). Depth: around 12 m (Hansen 1910). Global distribution: This species is distributed in Japan (Nakazawa 1910), Indian Ocean (W.M. Tattersall 1915, 1922; Panikkar & Aiyar 1937; Pillai 1957; Hanamura et al. 2011), New Caledonia and New Zealand (Colosi 1920), Australia (W.M. Tattersall 1936, 1940), Krusadai Island (Chacko 1950), South Africa (O.S. Tattersall 1952), Sierra Leone (O.S. Tattersall 1957) and Southeast Asia (O.S. Tattersall 1960; Murano 1988; Hanamura et al. 2011; Ramarn et al. 2012).