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Species in the family or subfamily Caristiidae: [ 20 ] records

andriashevi, Caristius Kukuev [E. I.], Parin [N. V.] & Trunov [I. A.] 2012:195, Fig. [Journal of Ichthyology v. 52 (no. 3); ref. 31961] South Atlantic, 18°2'S, 11°17'E, depth 1160-1145 meters. Holotype: ZIN 52278. Paratypes: ZMMU 14331 (1). •Valid as Caristius andriashevi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2012 -- (Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928]). •Valid as Platyberyx andriashevi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2012 -- (Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:418 [ref. 32920], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:13 [ref. 33827], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2524 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Mincarone et al. 2019:[2] [ref. 36851], Sutton et al. 2020:281 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:158 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx andriashevi (Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2012). Caristiidae. Distribution: Atlantic; Pacific Ocean: off Australia, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

aquilus, Paracaristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2011:397, Figs. 4B, 11 [Copeia 2011 (no. 3); ref. 31552] Off Angola, 11°11'S, 13°24'E, depth 806-809 meters. Holotype: CAS 224589. Paratypes: BMNH 2008.3.20.1 (1); CAS 222881 (1), 222934 (1), 224587 (1), 224914 (1), 230841 (1); IORAS 02775 (1), 02784 (1). •Valid as Paracaristius aquilus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011 -- (Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2522 [ref. 34618], Sutton et al. 2020:281 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius aquilus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011. Caristiidae. Distribution: Eastern tropical Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

barsukovi, Caristius Kukuev [E. I.], Parin [N. V.] & Trunov [I. A.] 2013:553, Figs. 7-8 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 53 (no. 8); ref. 32928] Southeast Atlantic, 36°20'S, 14°02'E. Holotype: ZIN 38318. Paratypes: ZIN. •Valid as Caristius barsukovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013 -- (Sutton et al. 2020:278 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Caristius barsukovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia to Discovery Seamount. Habitat: marine.

digitus, Caristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:426, Figs. 6A, 7 [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] Southwest Pacific, off Australia, 34°20'S, 151°56'E. Holotype: AMS I.20316-038. Paratypes: IORAS 02787 (1). •Valid as Caristius digitus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Current status: Valid as Caristius digitus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Off Australia and off South Africa (southwest Indian Ocean). Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Pteraclis Borodin [N. A.] 1930:91 [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 11; ref. 16067] North Atlantic, 41°20'N, 43°29'W, depth 1500 meters. Lectotype: MCZ 32120. Paralectotypes: MCZ 152638 [ex MCZ 32120] (1). Lectotype established by Borodin 1931:84 [ref. 16263]. •In family Caristiidae; probably a senior synonym of Caristius groenlandicus Jensen 1941 -- (Hartel & Triant 1998:746 [ref. 23423]). •Valid as Caristius fasciatus (Borodin 1930) -- (Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:427 [ref. 32920], Afonso et al. 2016:61, 118 [ref. 36199], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:278 [ref. 37832], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Caristius fasciatus (Borodin 1930). Caristiidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

groenlandicus, Caristius Jensen [A. S.] 1941:49, Pl. 1 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 105; ref. 13175] Davis Strait, west Greenland, 62°53'N, 54°15'W, depth 1660 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P4019. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:58 [ref. 9588]. •Probably a junior synonym of Caristius fasciatus (Borodin 1930) -- (Hartel & Triant 1998:746 [ref. 23423]). •Valid as Platyberyx groenlandicus (Jensen 1941) -- (Trunov 1999:467 [ref. 24579], Møller et al. 2010:58 [ref. 31169]). •Valid as Caristius groenlandicus Jensen 1941 -- (Heemstra 1986:636 [ref. 5660], Scott & Scott 1988:386 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:150 [ref. 14674], Post 1990:765 [ref. 17242], Okamura & Miyahara in Okamura et al. 1995:186 [ref. 22531], Brickle & Laptikhovsky 2002:492 [ref. 26485] dated 1942, Moore et al. 2003:227 [ref. 27076], Bray et al. 2006:1188 [ref. 29088], Kukuev et al. 2013:547 [ref. 32928]). •Synonym of Caristius fasciatus (Borodin 1930) -- (Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:427 [ref. 32920]). Current status: Synonym of Caristius fasciatus (Borodin 1930). Caristiidae. Habitat: marine.

heemstrai, Paracaristius Trunov [I. A.], Kukuev [E. I.] & Parin [N. V.] 2006:465 [English 445], Fig. 3 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 46 (no. 4); ref. 28740] South Atlantic, Discovery Seamount, 42°26'S, 0°15'E, depth 1300-1360 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 52281. Non-types: Heemstra specimens from off Durban; mentioned as sp. and not regarded as paratypes by Trunov et al. •Valid as Neocaristius heemstrai (Trunov, Kukuev & Parin 2006) -- (Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:386 [ref. 31552], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:1274 [ref. 34202], Sutton et al. 2020:276 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Neocaristius heemstrai (Trunov, Kukuev & Parin 2006). Caristiidae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere: southwestern Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Discovery Seamount (South Atlantic); Tasmania and New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Caristius Gill [T. N.] & Smith [H. M.] 1905:249 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 18; ref. 1748] Kagoshima Bay, Satsuma, Kiushu Island, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 61054. •Valid as Caristius japonicus Gill & Smith 1905 -- (Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303]). •Synonym of Caristius macropus (Bellotti 1903) -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:129, 203 [ref. 8379], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:429 [ref. 32920]). Current status: Synonym of Caristius macropus (Bellotti 1903). Caristiidae. Habitat: marine.

litvinovi, Caristius Kukuev [E. I.], Parin [N. V.] & Trunov [I. A.] 2013:557, Fig. 10 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 53 (no. 8); ref. 32928] Southeast Atlantic, 33°51'S, 17°24'E, depth 780 - 850 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 55186. •Valid as Caristius litvinovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013 -- (Sutton et al. 2020:277 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Caristius litvinovi Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: continental slope of southwestern South Africa. Habitat: marine.

macropus, Pteraclis Bellotti [C.] 1903:137 [2], Pl. 6 [Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano v. 42 (pt 2); ref. 15008] Yokohama, Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo Bay. MSNM (destroyed in 1943). Type catalog: Conci & Michelangeli 1974:219 [ref. 21560]. On p. 2 of separate. •Valid as Platyberyx macropus (Bellotti 1903) -- (Suzuki & Hosokawa 1994:4 [ref. 24339], Nakabo 2000:817 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:817 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715]). •Valid as Caristius macropus (Bellotti 1903) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:214 [ref. 9277], Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:129, 203 [ref. 8379], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Matarese et al. 1989:490 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:150 [ref. 14674], Post 1990:765 [ref. 17242], Okamura & Miyahara in Okamura et al. 1995:186 [ref. 22531], Mukhametov & Volodin 1999:426 [ref. 24872], Balanov 2000:850 [ref. 25105], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:34 [ref. 25650], Shinohara et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25995], Paxton 2001:2837 [ref. 26097], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:655 [ref. 25968], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Love et al. 2005:120 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:378 [ref. 28379], Csepp & Stevenson 2006:250 [ref. 40670], Trunov et al. 2006:465 [ref. 28740], Bray et al. 2006:1189 [ref. 29088], Tweddle & Anderson 2008:11 [ref. 29604], Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:429 [ref. 32920], Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928], Shinohara et al. 2014:262 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:366 [ref. 33547], Okamoto et al. 2014:28 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:16 [ref. 33827], Burton & Lea 2019:76 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Love et al. 2021:158 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Caristius macropus (Bellotti 1903). Caristiidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Japan north to southern Bering Sea, then Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

maderensis, Caristius Maul [G. E.] 1949:22, Fig. [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 4 (art. 11); ref. 13021] Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype: MMF 2343. Additional material: MMF 2344 (1). •Valid as Caristius maderensis Maul 1949 -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Trunov 1981:58 [ref. 8532], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:747 [ref. 13676], Post 1990:765 [ref. 17242], McEachran 2003:1474 [ref. 27089] as cf. maderensis, Trunov & Kukuev 2004:170 [ref. 27729], Love et al. 2005:120 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:378 [ref. 28379], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:312 [ref. 28815] as cf. maderensis). •Valid as Paracaristius maderensis (Maul 1949) -- (Trunovet al. 2006:466 [ref. 28740], Tweddle & Anderson 2008:11 [ref. 29604], Hartel et al. 2008:329 [ref. 29890], Stevenson & Kenaley 2011:392 [ref. 31552], Okamoto et al. 2014:24 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:16 [ref. 33827], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2522 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Misawa et al. 2020:276 [ref. 38138], Sutton et al. 2020:279 [ref. 37832], Fermon et al. 2022:214 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius maderensis (Maul 1949). Caristiidae. Distribution: Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Habitat: marine.

mauli, Platyberyx Kukuev [E. I.], Parin [N. V.] & Trunov [I. A.] 2012:192, Fig. [Journal of Ichthyology v. 52 (no. 3); ref. 31961] Eastern Central Atlantic, off Morocco, 29°29", 10°51'W, depth 849 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 54972. Awaiting hard copy publication. •Valid as Platyberyx mauli Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2012 -- (Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:420 [ref. 32920], Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2524 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:282 [ref. 37832], Okamoto et al. 2023:[2] 22 [ref. 40374]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx mauli Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2012. Caristiidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Morocco, including Madeira; northwestern Pacific: Hokkaido (Japan). Habitat: marine.

meridionalis, Caristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:431, Fig. 6D [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] South Pacific, off New Zealand, 42°51'S, 176°17'W, depth 930-974 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P25944. Paratypes: many at AMS, IORAS, ISRMIV, NMNZ. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Caristius meridionalis Stevenson & Kenaley 2013 -- (Kenaley & Stewart 2015:1273 [ref. 34202]). Current status: Valid as Caristius meridionalis Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: South Pacific, off Australia and New Zealand (and offshore banks) and off Argentina (South Atlantic). Habitat: marine.

nemorosus, Paracaristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2011:395, Figs. 2, 9 [Copeia 2011 (no. 3); ref. 31552] Eastern central Atlantic, 17°30'N, 25°01'W. Holotype: BMNH 2010.11.24.1. Paratypes: BMNH 2010.11.24.2-6 (5), CAS, IORAS, USNM, ZMUC. •Valid as Paracaristius nemorosus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011 -- (Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2523 [ref. 34618], Vieira et al. 2016:[7] [ref. 34869] with question, Sutton et al. 2020:280 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius nemorosus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011. Caristiidae. Distribution: Eastern tropical Atlantic: Western Sahara south to Gabon. Habitat: marine.

nudarcus, Paracaristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2011:393, Figs. 1B, 5B, 8 [Copeia 2011 (no. 3); ref. 31552] Banda Sea, 4°17'S, 129°34'E, depth 0-1800 meters. Holotype: LACM 36068. Paratypes: many at CAS, FDNR [= FSBC], GCRL, IORAS, LACM, MCZ, NSMT, UW. •Valid as Paracaristius nudarcus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011 -- (Okamoto et al. 2014:28 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:16 [ref. 33827], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2523 [ref. 34618], Vieira et al. 2016:[7] [ref. 34869] with question, Mincarone et al. 2019:[2] [ref. 36851], Sutton et al. 2020:280 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:158 [ref. 39279], Shimizu et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38505], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paracaristius nudarcus Stevenson & Kenaley 2011. Caristiidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas. Habitat: marine.

opalescens, Platyberyx Zugmayer [E.] 1911:8, Fig. [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 193; ref. 6161] Off Portugal, 36°06'N, 9°W, station 3039, depth 0-3660 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-1179. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:12 [ref. 21544]. Neotype established as ZIN 54871, but type was not lost. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Zugmayer 1911:101, Pl. 5 (fig. 5) [ref. 4846]. •Valid as Caristius opalescens (Zugmayer 1911) -- (Nielsen 1973:339 [ref. 6885], Post 1990:765 [ref. 17242], Okamura & Miyahara in Okamura et al. 1995:186 [ref. 22531], Brickle & Laptikhovsky 2002:493 [ref. 26485], Trunov et al. 2006:466 [ref. 28740]). •Valid as Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer 1911 -- (Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:748 [ref. 13676], Santos et al. 1997:89 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:75 [ref. 24952], Porteiro et al. 1999:42 [ref. 24203], Paxton 2001:2837 [ref. 26097] as cf. opalescens, Tweddle & Anderson 2008:11 [ref. 29604], Møller et al. 2010:58 [ref. 31169], Britz & Hartel 2012:85 [ref. 32303], Stevenson & Kenaley 2013:421 [ref. 32920], Kukuev et al. 2013:543 [ref. 32928], Stevenson et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2525 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:260 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:282 [ref. 37832], Bañón et al. 2021:7 [ref. 40417], Fermon et al. 2022:214 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer 1911. Caristiidae. Distribution: North Atlantic: Greenland; eastern Atlantic: including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: marine.

paucus, Platyberyx Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:422, Figs. 1D, 4B [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] Central North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, station Waianae, 21.279"N, 158.257°W. Holotype: UW 151229. Paratypes: MCZ 66458 (1), ZMH 25948 (1), 112588 (1). •Valid as Platyberyx paucus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013 -- (Mincarone et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36851], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx paucus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Central North Pacific and western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

pietschi, Platyberyx Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:423, Figs. 1E, 4C [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] Bahamas, southwest of Exuma Cays, 24°06'N, 77°17'W, depth 720 meters. Holotype: UF 208616. Paratypes: AMS I.21367-011 (1), IORAS 2777 (1), ZMH 25949 (1). •Valid as Platyberyx pietschi Stevenson & Kenaley 2013 -- (Mincarone et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36851], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx pietschi Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Central Pacific, southwestern Pacific and western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

rhyton, Platyberyx Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:424, Figs. 1F, 4D [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] Northwest Pacific, off Honshu, Japan, 29°02"N, 143°30'E, depth 650-677 meters. Holotype (unique): NSMT-P59274. •Valid as Platyberyx rhyton Stevenson & Kenaley 2013 -- (Okamoto et al. 2014:26 [ref. 33659], Okamoto & Stevenson 2015:15 [ref. 33827]). Current status: Valid as Platyberyx rhyton Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: marine.

walvisensis, Caristius Kukuev [E. I.], Parin [N. V.] & Trunov [I. A.] 2013:559, Fig. 11 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 53 (no. 8); ref. 32928] Walvis Seamount, 34°35'S, 7°20"W, depth 0 - 1,200 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 55190. •Valid as Caristius walvisensis Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013 -- (Sutton et al. 2020:279 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Caristius walvisensis Kukuev, Parin & Trunov 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: south of Walvis Seamount. Habitat: marine.