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Species in the family or subfamily Phosichthyidae: [ 3 ] records

argenteus, Phosichthys Hutton [F. W.] 1872:56 [Fishes of New Zealand (Hutton); ref. 2287] Cook Strait, New Zealand (washed ashore). Lectotype: BMNH 1873.12.13.64. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1873.12.13.65-66 (2). Type catalog: Russell 1996:223 [ref. 22562]. Lectotype selected by Russell 1996:223 [ref. 22562]. Correct spelling of the genus should be Phosichthys. •Valid as Photichthys [sic] argenteus Hutton 1872 -- (Schaefer et al. 1986:245 [ref. 5709], Paxton et al. 1989:188 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:111 [ref. 16024], Quéro et al. 1990:344 [ref. 14985], Gomon et al. 1994:248 [ref. 22532], Fricke 1999:89 [ref. 24106], Trunov 1999:462 [ref. 24579], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Phosichthys argenteus Hutton 1872 -- (Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:45 [ref. 27192], Paxton et al. 2006:430 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:237 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2009:24 [ref. 30213], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:440 [ref. 34248], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Balushkin 2017:660 [ref. 35810], Sutton et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39574], Villarins et al. 2022:26 [ref. 39442]). Current status: Valid as Phosichthys argenteus Hutton 1872. Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal, but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

meyerwaardeni, Woodsia Krefft [G.] 1973:130, Figs. 1-2 [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 24 (no. 1-3); ref. 7146] South Atlantic, 38°14'S, 1°15'E, depth 0 to 750-760 meters. Holotype: ISH 1125-1971a. Paratypes: ISH 197-1971 (1), 360-1971 (1), 340-1971 (1), 405-1971a-k (10 or 11), 616-1971 (1), 661-1971a-d (4), 836-1971a-k (11), 907-1971a-f (6), 1020-1971a-p (15), 1073-1971a-b (2), 1125-1971b-i (8), 1165-1971a-c (3); USNM 208349-50 (15, 4); ZMUC P206092-95 (4), P206096-110 (15), P206111-12 (2). Type catalog: Krefft 1978:9 [ref. 9884]. •Valid as Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973 -- (Schaefer et al. 1986:247 [ref. 5709], Paulin et al. 1989:97 [ref. 24556] as mayerwaardeni, Paxton et al. 2006:432 [ref. 28995], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:445 [ref. 34248], Nión et al. 2016:36 [ref. 35565], Prokofiev et al. 2025:5 [ref. 42125]). Current status: Valid as Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973. Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

nonsuchae, Photichthys Beebe [W.] 1932:61, Fig. 11 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 13 (no. 4); ref. 16099] 7 miles south-southwest of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, depth 600 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 170938 [ex NYZS 9793 (not 9973)]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:134 [ref. 20648]. •Valid as Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe 1932) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:189 [ref. 12442], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:112 [ref. 16024], Harold 1999:1904 [ref. 24741], Nakabo 2000:319 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:319 [ref. 26001], Harold 2003:888 [ref. 27001], Love et al. 2005:37 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:173 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:251 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:432 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:357 [ref. 31242], Harold 2016:1791 [ref. 34568], Love et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:210 [ref. 41622], Prokofiev et al. 2025:3 [ref. 42125]). Current status: Valid as Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe 1932). Phosichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate oceans. Habitat: marine.