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Species in the family or subfamily Diretmidae: [ 6 ] records

argenteus, Diretmus Johnson [J. Y.] 1864:403, Pl. 36 (fig. 2 [not 1]) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 10 Nov. 1863); ref. 5751] Off Madeira. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.12.12.3. •Valid as Diretmus argenteus Johnson 1864 -- (Maul 1973:338 [ref. 7171], Post & Quéro 1981:37 [ref. 3555], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:268 [ref. 14275], Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:123, 200 [ref. 8379], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:745 [ref. 13676], Post 1986:414 [ref. 5705], Scott & Scott 1988:323 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:370 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:153 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:129 [ref. 14674], Post 1990:623 [ref. 17242], Shimizu in Amaoka et al. 1990:210 [ref. 16024], Kotlyar 1990:144 [ref. 20897], Kotlyar 1993:196 [ref. 21209], Gomon et al. 1994:414 [ref. 22532], Kotlyar 1996:224 [ref. 23292], Santos et al. 1997:71 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:74 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1003 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:125 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24203], Paxton 1999:2211 [ref. 24788], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Moore 2003:1181 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:220 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:70 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:304 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:762 [ref. 28995], Bray 2008:432 [ref. 30620], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Roberts 2015:1006 [ref. 34256], Bañón et al. 2016:319 [ref. 34397], Moore 2016:2186 [ref. 34570], Carneiro et al. 2019:156 [ref. 37250], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Klautau et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37903], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Sutton et al. 2020:248 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:64 [ref. 38883], Love et al. 2021:101 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:205 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diretmus argenteus Johnson 1864. Diretmidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas (including Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

aureus, Discus Campbell [W. D.] 1879:298, Fig. [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 11 (art. 27) (1878); ref. 711] Hokitika beach, New Zealand. Syntypes: (4) NMNZ P.7642 (1 [remaining 3 unknown]). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:9 [ref. 18942]. •Synonym of Diretmus argenteus Johnson 1864 -- (Post & Quéro 1981:37 [ref. 3555], Post 1990:623 [ref. 17242], Kotlyar 1996:224 [ref. 23292]). Current status: Synonym of Diretmus argenteus Johnson 1864. Diretmidae. Habitat: marine.

nummularis, Gyrinomene Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:18, 45, 355 [Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman"; ref. 4496] Not available, name used on p. 355 in footnote to the account of Diretmus argenteus Johnson 1864; from off Morocco. Nomen Nudum. Diretmidae.

parini, Diretmoides Post [A.] & Quéro [J.-C.] 1981:49, Figs. 9b, 10a-h, 11 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 3555] Eastern Atlantic, 23°47'N, 20°59'W, Walther Herwig station 506/71, depth 0 to 2100-1800 meters. Holotype: ISH 295-1971. Paratypes: ISH 24-1980 (1), 387-1974 (1), 626-1976 (1), 745-1966 (2); MNHN 1980-1184 to 1186 (1, 1, 1). Additional material: FMNH (4 lots), ISH (4 lots), MMF (1 lot), MNHN (3 lots), SAM (1 lot), SIO (2 lots), USNM (5 lots), ZMUC (5 lots). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:83 [ref. 20751]. •Valid as Diretmoides parini Post & Quéro 1981 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:270 [ref. 14275], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:743 [ref. 13676], Post 1986:414 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:370 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:153 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Shimizu in Amaoka et al. 1990:209 [ref. 16024], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:148 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:413 [ref. 22532], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1001 [ref. 23897], Nakabo 2000:503 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2005:421 [ref. 28370], Larson et al. 2013:71 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:40 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro 1981) -- (Kotlyar 1990:145 [ref. 20897], Kotlyar 1996:223 [ref. 23292], Konishi 1999:42 [ref. 24259], Paxton 1999:2211 [ref. 24788], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Kotlyar 2002:136 [ref. 25963], Moore in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:301 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:503 [ref. 26001], Moore 2003:1181 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:220 [ref. 27076], Pequeño & Olivera 2004:89 [ref. 28122], Mundy 2005:303 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:762 [ref. 28995], Bray 2008:431 [ref. 30620], Bañon et al. 2010:13 [ref. 31029], Roberts 2015:1005 [ref. 34256], Bañón et al. 2016:319 [ref. 34397], Moore 2016:2186 [ref. 34570], Cresson et al. 2017:440 [ref. 36933], Carneiro et al. 2019:155 [ref. 37250], Lynghammar et al. 2020:44 [ref. 37428], Psomadakis et al. 2020:348 [ref. 37272], Sutton et al. 2020:248 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:64 [ref. 38883], Cresson et al. 2021:190 [ref. 38752], Ramachandran et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38779], Fermon et al. 2022:204 [ref. 39448] with question, Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro 1981). Diretmidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through cold temperate seas (including North Sea), but not in northeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

pauciradiatus, Diretmus Woods [L. P.] in Woods & Sonoda 1973:296, Fig. 15 [Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 6); ref. 6899] 11°52'N, 69°27'W, southern Caribbean Sea, Oregon station 4410, depth 230 fathoms. Holotype: FMNH 66797. Paratypes: (32) FMNH 64531 (1), 64533 (1), 64535 (1), 64537 (2), 66239 (1), 66798-804 (2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1); MCZ 41655 (1); USNM 206326 (1); additional uncat. specimens (13, 2), whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:32 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Diretmus pauciradiatus Woods 1973 -- (Trunov 1981:57 [ref. 8532]). •Valid as Diretmoides pauciradiatus (Woods 1973) -- (Post & Quéro 1981:44 [ref. 3555], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:269 [ref. 14275], Post in Whitehead et al. 1986:744 [ref. 13676], Post 1990:624 [ref. 17242], Kotlyar 1993:196 [ref. 21209], Kotlyar 1996:229 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1002 [ref. 23897], Konishi 1999:38 [ref. 24259], Paxton 1999:2211 [ref. 24788], Nakabo 2000:503 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:503 [ref. 26001], Moore 2003:1181 [ref. 27002], Love et al. 2005:69 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:421 [ref. 28370], Shao et al. 2008:244 [ref. 29952], Møller et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31169], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Moore 2016:2186 [ref. 34570], Fricke et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:155 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:249 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:100 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:204 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diretmoides pauciradiatus (Woods 1973). Diretmidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

veriginae, Diretmoides Kotlyar [A. N.] 1987:628, Fig. [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 66 (no. 4); ref. 9174] Northeastern Indian Ocean, 3°46'N, 95°00'E, depth 800-875 meters. Holotype: ZMMU P-15766. Paratypes: ZMMU P-12178 (5), P-15766 (1, with holotype), P-16662-65 (5, 5, 1, 1). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:77 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Diretmoides veriginae Kotlyar 1987 -- (Kotlyar 1990:144 [ref. 20897], Kotlyar 1996:231 [ref. 23292], Paxton 1999:2211 [ref. 24788], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Kotlyar 2002:476 [ref. 26270], Shao et al. 2008:244 [ref. 29952], Kimura et al. 2019:2 [ref. 37790], Wada et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38512]). Current status: Valid as Diretmoides veriginae Kotlyar 1987. Diretmidae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific Ocean: India, Myanmar to western Thailand (Andaman Sea), western Indonesia, Timor Sea and South China Sea (Taiwan), north to Suruga Bay (Japan). Habitat: marine.