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Species in the family or subfamily Omosudidae: [ 4 ] records


brevis, Omosudis Brauer [A.] 1906:142, Fig. 70 [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] Cape Verde Islands, 14°39'05"N, 21°51'08"W, Valdivia station 39, depth 2500 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17557. •See Ege 1958:3 [ref. 24557]. Current status: Uncertain as Omosudis lowii Günther 1887. Omosudidae. Habitat: marine.

funchali, Omosudis lowei Roule [L.] 1929:10, Fig. [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 546; ref. 3822] Funchal, Madeira. Holotype: MOM 0091-1727. •Synonym of Omosudis lowii Günther 1887 -- (Post 1990:386 [ref. 15233] as lowei). Current status: Synonym of Omosudis lowii Günther 1887. Omosudidae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Omosudis lowei var. Brauer [A.] 1906:141, Fig. 69 [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic; north of Cocos Islands, Chagos Archipelago, and between Seychelles and Zanzibar (Tanzania). Syntypes: (6) SMF 2064; ZMB 17555-56 (1, 1), 22579 (1). •Synonym of Omosudis lowei [should be lowii] Günther 1887 -- (Ege 1958:4 [ref. 24557], Post 1990:386 [ref. 15233]). Current status: Synonym of Omosudis lowii Günther 1887. Omosudidae. Habitat: marine.

lowii, Omosudis Günther [A.] 1887:201, Pl. 52 (figs. C-C') [Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57); ref. 2013] Philippine seas, western Pacific, Challenger station 214, depth 500 fathoms; Magdalena, Madeira [eastern Atlantic]. Syntypes: BMNH 1868.5.13.6 (1) Madeira, 1887.12.7.220 (1) south of Philippines. The spelling lowii is acceptable. •Valid as Omosudis lowei [sic] Günther 1887 -- (Ege 1958:4 [ref. 24557], Maul 1973:202 [ref. 7171], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:196 [ref. 14275], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:496 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Nielsen & Jespersen 1986:59 [ref. 11871], Maul 1986:280 [ref. 5689], Scott & Scott 1988:197 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:250 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:102 [ref. 14674], Post 1990:386 [ref. 15233], Gomon et al. 1994:266 [ref. 22532], Santos et al. 1997:43 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:52 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:589 [ref. 23897], Porteiro et al. 1999:33 [ref. 24203], Paxton & Niem 1999:1952 [ref. 24746], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:150 [ref. 25013], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:254 [ref. 26587] as lowi, Nakabo 2002:365 [ref. 26001], Thompson 2003:939 [ref. 27003] as lowei, Moore et al. 2003:196 [ref. 27076], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:173 [ref. 28938], Paxton et al. 2006:498 [ref. 29053], Bray 2008:266 [ref. 30620], Reiner 2019:103 [ref. 38139]). •Valid as Omosudis lowii Günther 1887 -- (Nakabo 2000:365 [ref. 25086], Meléndez C. & Brito M. 2004:4 [ref. 37219], Mundy 2005:209 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:359 [ref. 31242], Parin et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33547], Ghedotti et al. 2014:312 [ref. 34482] as loweii, Stewart 2015:606 [ref. 34254], Russell 2016:1843 [ref. 34572], Fricke et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:112 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:138 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39574], Page et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:12 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:227 [ref. 41622], Bolshakova et al. 2025:150 [ref. 42014]). Current status: Valid as Omosudis lowii Günther 1887. Omosudidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas. Habitat: marine.


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