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Species in the family or subfamily Oreosomatidae: [ 17 ] records


acanthorhynchus, Neocyttus Regan [C. T.] 1908:231, Pl. 23 (fig. 3) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean, depth 450 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.3.23.122. •Valid as Neocyttus acanthorhynchus Regan 1908 -- (Ward et al. 1996:13 [ref. 22511], Yearsley & Last 1998:563 [ref. 23667], Fricke et al. 2018:118 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Neocyttus acanthorhynchus Regan 1908. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar to Saya de Malha Bank. Habitat: marine.

atlanticum, Oreosoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:515, Pl. 99 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Atlantic. Holotype: MNHN 0000-2242 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:27 [ref. 20740]. Although not mentioned in the text (pp. 515-518), the name Oreosoma coniferum appeared on Pl. 99 and in the list of plates in v. 4; therefore, the names coniferum and atlanticum both refer to the same species. First reviser not researched. See Oreosoma coniferum Cuvier 1829. •Valid as Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829 -- (Trunov 1982:50 [ref. 8412], Karrer 1986:439 [ref. 5680], Paxton et al. 1989:393 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:162 [ref. 24556], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:223 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:425 [ref. 22532], Ward et al. 1996:47 [ref. 22511], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Paxton et al. 2006:791 [ref. 29077], Bray 2008:445 [ref. 30620], Bray 2015:1047 [ref. 34280], Heemstra 2016:2213 [ref. 34607], Heemstra 2022:420 [ref. 39720]). Current status: Valid as Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal (except South America). Habitat: marine.

boops, Cyttosoma Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1904:6, Pl. 23 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 3; ref. 1646] Off Cape Point Lighthouse, bearing N40°E. distant 13.5 miles, South Africa, depth 120 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAM 11971. Gilchrist specimens: BMNH 1904.10.8.2 (1). •Synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829 -- (Trunov 1982:50 [ref. 8412], Karrer 1986:439 [ref. 5680], Gomon et al. 1994:426 [ref. 22532], Heemstra 2016:2213 [ref. 34607]). Current status: Synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.

coniferum, Oreosoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:no p., Pl. 99 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Available from plate 99. Although not mentioned in the text (pp. 515-518), the name Oreosoma coniferum appeared on Pl. 99 and in the list of plates in v. 4; therefore, the names coniferum and atlanticum both refer to the same species. First reviser not researched. See Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. •Objective synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Current status: Synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.

folletti, Allocyttus Myers [G. S.] 1960:93, Fig. 1 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 9580] Off mouth of the Eel River, off California, U.S.A., depth 230 fathoms. Holotype: CAS-SU 15377. Paratypes: CAS 25988 (1), UCLA W57-13 (1). •Synonym of Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist 1906) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:25 [ref. 25650]). •Valid as Allocyttus folletti Myers 1960 -- (Anderson et al. 1979:262 [ref. 16035], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:126 [ref. 9277], Kido in Amaoka et al. 1983:127, 203 [ref. 8379], McAllister 1990:132 [ref. 14674], Ward et al. 1996:10 [ref. 22511], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:329 [ref. 25968], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Love et al. 2005:70 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:316 [ref. 28379], Bray 2008:443 [ref. 30620], Parin et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33547], Burton & Lea 2019:55 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:101 [ref. 39279], Hoshino et al. 2022:3 [ref. 38927], Page et al. 2023:99 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Allocyttus folletti Myers 1960. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: North Pacific: central Japan north to Bering Sea, then Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to central California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

gibbosus, Neocyttus rhomboidalis var. McCulloch [A. R.] 1914:119, Fig. 8 [Biological Results Endeavour v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2940] Great Australian Bight, 129°28'E, S. Australia, depth 350-450 fathoms. Holotype: AMS I.12891. Paratypes: (8) AMS I.12890 (1), I.12892 (1), E.3267 (1); QM [ex AMS E.3271] (1); QVM [ex AMS E.3269] (1); SAMA [ex AMS E.3274] (1); TMH D146 [ex AMS E.3272] (1); WAM [ex AMS E.3273] (1). Type catalog: Not treated by Moore et al. 2008 [ref. 30117]. •Synonym of Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist 1906 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:393 [ref. 12442], Karrer 1990:638 [ref. 17306], Yearsley & Last 1998:570 [ref. 23667], Paxton et al. 2006:791 [ref. 29077], Imamura & Hoese 2023:[4] [ref. 40531]). Current status: Synonym of Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist 1906. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.

granulosus, Crassispinus Maul [G. E.] 1948:52, Fig. 20 [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 3 (art. 6); ref. 2916] Near Porto Moniz, north side of Madeira. Holotype (unique): MMF. •Synonym of Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne 1908) -- (Wheeler 1973:352 [ref. 7190], Karrer in Whitehead et al. 1986:775 [ref. 13676], Yearsley & Last 1998:566 [ref. 23667], Heemstra 2016:2211 [ref. 34607]). Current status: Synonym of Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne 1908). Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.

guineensis, Allocyttus Trunov [I. A.] & Kukuev [E. I.] in Trunov 1982:45, Fig. [Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii [Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series] v. 87 (no. 2); ref. 8412] Southeastern Atlantic, 11°07'S, 0°32'W, depth 670-760 meters. Holotype: ZIN 45501. Paratypes: ZIN 45501A (1), 45502-03 (1, 1), Mus. Atlant. NIRO uncat. (1). •Valid as Allocyttus guineensis Trunov & Kukuev 1982 -- (Karrer 1986:438 [ref. 5680], Karrer 1990:637 [ref. 17306], Ward et al. 1996:11 [ref. 22511], Pakhorukov 1999:657 [ref. 24883], Heemstra 2016:2209 [ref. 34607], Fermon et al. 2022:194 [ref. 39448] possible, Heemstra 2022:419 [ref. 39720]). Current status: Valid as Allocyttus guineensis Trunov & Kukuev 1982. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

helgae, Cyttosoma Holt [E. W. L.] & Byrne [L. W.] 1908:91, Pl. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 1 (no. 1) (art. 11); ref. 14321] Off southwestern Ireland, 51°36'N, 11°57'W, depth 540-660 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1910.9.17.1. •Valid as Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne 1908) -- (Wheeler 1973:352 [ref. 7190], Karrer in Whitehead et al. 1986:775 [ref. 13676], Ward et al. 1996:13 [ref. 22511], Santos et al. 1997:73 [ref. 23531], Saldanha & Biscoito 1997:199 [ref. 24962], Yearsley & Last 1998:566 [ref. 23667], Arronte & López 2008:89 [ref. 30484], Bañón et al. 2016:320 [ref. 34397], Heemstra 2016:2211 [ref. 34607], Carneiro et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:65 [ref. 38883], Bañón et al. 2021:7 [ref. 40417], Page et al. 2023:99 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne 1908). Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Pseudocyttus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1906:153, Pl. 41 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 4; ref. 1647] Off Cape Point, N 41°E, 38 miles, South Africa, depth 315-400 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAM 17938. •Valid as Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist 1906 -- (Trunov 1982:49 [ref. 8412], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:289 [ref. 14275], Karrer 1986:440 [ref. 5680], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:172 [ref. 14235], Paxton et al. 1989:393 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:54 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:161 [ref. 24556], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:224 [ref. 16024], Karrer 1990:639 [ref. 17306], Heemstra 1990:226 [ref. 21682], Post & Jonsson 1996 [ref. 22054], Gomon et al. 1994:426 [ref. 22532], Ward et al. 1996:15 [ref. 22511], Ward et al. 1998:233 [ref. 23535], Trunov 1999:465 [ref. 24579], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Heemstra 2003:1213 [ref. 27043], Duhamel et al. 2005:292 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:791 [ref. 29077], Bray 2008:446 [ref. 30620], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Bray 2015:1048 [ref. 34280], Heemstra 2016:2215 [ref. 34607], Nión et al. 2016:44 [ref. 35565], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:97 [ref. 36389], Klautau et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37903], Heemstra 2022:421 [ref. 39720]). Current status: Valid as Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist 1906. Oreosomatidae: Pseudocyttinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

nemotoi, Xenocyttus Abe [T.] 1957:228, Pls. 1-2 [Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute Tokyo No. 12; ref. 6] Antarctic Ocean, 64°32'S, 115°25'E (stomach content). Holotype (unique): ZUMT 49756. •Valid as Xenocyttus nemotoi Abe 1957 -- (Abe & Suzuki 1981:123 [ref. 19447], Pequeño 1989:54 [ref. 14125]). •Valid as Pseudocyttus nemotoi (Abe 1957) -- (Miller 1993:578 [ref. 21297]). •Synonym of Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist 1906 -- (Karrer 1986:440 [ref. 5680], Karrer 1990:639 [ref. 17306], Heemstra 1990:226 [ref. 21682]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudocyttus maculatus Gilchrist 1906. Oreosomatidae: Pseudocyttinae. Habitat: marine.

niger, Allocyttus James [G. D.], Inada [T.] & Nakamura [I.] 1988:319, Figs. 12-14 [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 15; ref. 6639] Chatham Rise, off New Zealand, 44°06'S, 178°24'E, depth 960-1015 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.15939. Paratypes: CAS 59664-66 (1, 1, 2); FSFL [= FSFRL] EA530 (1); NMNZ P.15940 (1), P.15941 (1), P.14942-43 (2), P.15947 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:9 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Allocyttus niger James, Inada & Nakamura 1988 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:162 [ref. 24556], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:220 [ref. 16024], Ward et al. 1996:11 [ref. 22511], Ward et al. 1998:233 [ref. 23535], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Trunov & Kukuev 2004:426 [ref. 27891], Duhamel et al. 2005:290 [ref. 32059], Paxton et al. 2006:790 [ref. 29077], Bray 2008:442 [ref. 30620], Bray 2015:1043 [ref. 34280]). Current status: Valid as Allocyttus niger James, Inada & Nakamura 1988. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: New Zealand region and Australia, southwestern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

propinquus, Allocyttus verrucosus var. McCulloch [A. R.] 1914:116, Fig. 7 [Biological Results Endeavour v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2940] Great Australian Bight, 129°28'E, South Australia, depth 350-450 fathoms. Holotype: AMS E.3276. Paratypes: AMS I.12888-89 (1, 1), NMV [ex AMS E.3278] (1, not found in 1997), QM I.1384 [ex AMS E.3280] (1, on loan), SAMA [ex AMS E.3279] (1), TMH D143/13027 [ex AMS E.3282] (1), WAM [ex AMS E.3281] (1). Type catalog: Andrews 1971:2 [ref. 31471], Andrews 1992:111 [ref. 22689], not treated by Moore et al. 2008 [ref. 30117]. •Synonym of Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist 1906) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:392 [ref. 12442], Karrer 1990:637 [ref. 17306], Paxton et al. 2006:790 [ref. 29077], Imamura & Hoese 2023:[4] [ref. 40531]). Current status: Synonym of Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist 1906). Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.

psilorhynchus, Neocyttus Yearsley [G. K.] & Last [P. R.] 1998:557, Fig. 1, 2A, 3 [New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research v. 32; ref. 23667] Pedra Branca Seamount, south of Tasmania, 44°22'S, 147°08'E, depth 1170 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 2865-01. Paratypes: CSIRO H 2864-01 (1), H 2864-03-13 (1 ea.), H 2865-02 (1), H 3294-03 (1), H 3593-01 (1). •Valid as Neocyttus psilorhynchus Yearsley & Last 1998 -- (Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:790 [ref. 29077], Bray 2015:1045 [ref. 34280], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:95 [ref. 36389]). Current status: Valid as Neocyttus psilorhynchus Yearsley & Last 1998. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: South Pacific: south of Tasmania (Australia); Chile. Habitat: marine.

rhomboidalis, Neocyttus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1906:153, Pl. 42 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 4; ref. 1647] Off Cape Point, South Africa, N 41°E, 38 miles, depth 315-400 fathoms. Lectotype: SAM 11972. Paralectotypes: SAM 11973 (1). Non-types: BMNH 1904.5.28.14-15 (2). Lectotype selected by Yearsley & Last 1998:571 [ref. 23667]. •Valid as Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist 1906 -- (Karrer 1986:439 [ref. 5680], Paxton et al. 1989:393 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:162 [ref. 24556], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:222 [ref. 16024], Karrer 1990:638 [ref. 17306], Pequeño et al. 1992:171 [ref. 21510], Gomon et al. 1994:424 [ref. 22532], Ward et al. 1996:13 [ref. 22511], Pequeño 1997:82 [ref. 23536], Yearsley & Last 1998:570 [ref. 23667], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Meléndez C. & Dyer H. 2001:12 [ref. 37217], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Paxton et al. 2006:791 [ref. 29077], Bray 2008:444 [ref. 30620], Bray 2015:1046 [ref. 34280], Heemstra 2016:2212 [ref. 34607], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:95 [ref. 36389], Carneiro et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37250]). Current status: Valid as Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist 1906. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

verrucosum, Cyttosoma Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1906:151, Pl. 40 [Marine Investigations in South Africa v. 4; ref. 1647] About 30 miles off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 600 fathoms. Syntypes: (many) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 7184 (2). •Valid as Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist 1906) -- (Trunov 1982:44 [ref. 8412], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:288 [ref. 14275], Kido in Amaoka et al. 1983:127, 203 [ref. 8379], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:118 [ref. 6441], Karrer 1986:438 [ref. 5680], Paxton et al. 1989:392 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:162 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165, 166 [ref. 36134], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:221 [ref. 16024], Karrer 1990:637 [ref. 17306], Du Buit & Quéro 1993:81 [ref. 22336], Gomon et al. 1994:423 [ref. 22532], Ward et al. 1996:11 [ref. 22511], Ward et al. 1998:233 [ref. 23535], Trunov 1999:465 [ref. 24579], Mukhametov & Volodin 1999:426 [ref. 24872], Nakabo 2000:508 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:25 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:329 [ref. 25968], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:508 [ref. 26001], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Heemstra 2003:1213 [ref. 27043], Paxton et al. 2006:790 [ref. 29077], Bray 2008:443 [ref. 30620], Costa & Mincarone 2010:346 [ref. 37483], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Bray 2015:1044 [ref. 34280], Costa et al. 2015:1061 [ref. 37495], Heemstra 2016:2210 [ref. 34607], Nión et al. 2016:44 [ref. 35565], Fricke et al. 2018:118 [ref. 35805], Williams et al. 2018:99 [ref. 36359], Carneiro et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:194 [ref. 39448] possible, Heemstra 2022:419 [ref. 39720], Hoshino et al. 2022:9 [ref. 38927]). Current status: Valid as Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist 1906). Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Distribution: North Atlantic and circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.

waitei, Oreosoma Whitley [G. P.] 1929:109 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 4665] Lyall Bay, near Wellington, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): NMNZ P.527. Type catalog: Hardy 1990:9 [ref. 18942]. New name for specimen of Oreosoma atlanticum figured by Waite 1911, Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst. v. 44, p. 197, Pl. 11. •Synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Current status: Synonym of Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier 1829. Oreosomatidae: Oreosomatinae. Habitat: marine.


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