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Species in the family or subfamily Regalecidae: [ 26 ] records

argenteus, Regalecus Parker [T. J.] 1884:295, Pls. 23-24 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 16 (art. 20); ref. 18515] Moeraki (Niveraki), about 40 miles north of Dunedin, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): BMNH [ex OM] 1886.11.18.120 (1, skeleton). Appeared first as name only in Parker 1883 (not researched). •Synonym of Regalecus pacificus Haast 1878. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Roberts 2012:90 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

ascanii, Gymnetrus Shaw [G.] 1803:193, Pl. 27 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] No locality. No types known. New name for Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:80 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

banksii, Gymnetrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:365 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Filey Bay, Yorkshire, England. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:34 [ref. 20740]. Description taken from a letter in the Joseph Banks Library. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Palmer in Whitehead et al. 1986:727 [ref. 13676], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:82 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

benhami, Agrostichthys Scott [E. O. G.] 1934:47, Pls. 7-8 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania [for 1933]; ref. 16459] Ulverstone, northwestern Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): QVM 1971:5:0027 [ex H.T. 906 and QVM type 86]. Type catalog: Green 1974:4 [ref. 19267]. •Synonym of Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:401 [ref. 12442], Trunov & Kukuev 2005:191 [ref. 28209], Paxton et al. 2006:544 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904). Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

capensis, Gymnetrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:376 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype: MNHN B-2626 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:9 [ref. 20740]. The holotype is a stuffed and mounted specimen -- Roberts 2012:86 [ref. 32187]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195] with question, Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:86 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

caudatus, Regalecus Zugmayer [E.] 1914:3 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 288; ref. 4848] Atlantic, southwest of Madeira, station 3202, depth 0-3000 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-1199. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:15 [ref. 21544]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473]). •Tentatively a synonym of Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Roberts 2012:102 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816). Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

gladius, Cepola Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:617 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Original locality: Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Neotype locality: Nice, Italy. Neotype: MNHN a1728. Neotype designated by Roberts 2012:79 [ref. 32187]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:47 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:27 [ref. 36649], as glasne Roberts 2012:78 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

gladius, Gymnetrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:352, Pl. 298 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:152 [ref. 25013]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

glesne, Regalecus Ascanius [P.] 1772:5, Pl. 11 [Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord; ref. 5115] Glesvaer [= Glesne], near Bergen, Norway. Lectotype: LMH (mounted). Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:38-39 [ref. 24101] as the illustration published with the original description by Ascanius. That specimen found by Roberts and recognized as the lectotype (Roberts 2012:72 [ref. 32187]). •Valid as Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:122 [ref. 9277], Palmer in Whitehead et al. 1986:727 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:403 [ref. 5660], Robins & Ray 1986:120 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:401 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:54 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:151 [ref. 24556], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1991:164 [ref. 16591], Gomon et al. 1994:433 [ref. 22532], Bauchot in Fischer et al. 1995:1418 [ref. 22830], Montero et al. 1997:183 [ref. 24577], Santos et al. 1997:123 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:73 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:686 [ref. 23897], McDowall & Stewart 1999:165 [ref. 23937], Salazar-Hermoso et al. 1999:70 [ref. 23978], Galván-Magaña et al. 1999:127 [ref. 24153], Fricke 1999:99 [ref. 24106], Olney 1999:1975 [ref. 24751], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:151 [ref. 25013], Fricke 1999:38 [ref. 24101], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Olney in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Balart et al. 2000:137 [ref. 25266], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:48 [ref. 26753], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27192], Olney 2003:959 [ref. 27007], Moore et al. 2003:204 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:90 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:130 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:49 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:239 [ref. 28379], Trunov & Kukuev 2005:189 [ref. 28209], Paxton et al. 2006:544 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2007:62 [ref. 29533], Bray 2008:300 [ref. 30620], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:27 [ref. 36649] as glasne, Roberts 2012:56 [ref. 32187], Page et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:696 [ref. 34254], Roberts 2016:1941 [ref. 34582], Kells et al. 2016:108 [ref. 35888], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Carneiro et al. 2019:128 [ref. 37250], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Iglésias et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37987], Kovačić et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37519], Sutton et al. 2020:225 [ref. 37832], Kovačić et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39014], Albano et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39781], Fermon et al. 2022:194 [ref. 39448], Roberts 2022:231 [ref. 39703], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505], Galasso et al. 2024:[2] 1070 [ref. 41381]). Current status: Valid as Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea). Habitat: marine.

grillii, Regalecus Lindroth [P. G.] 1798:291, Pl. 8 [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 19; ref. 17540] Norway. Holotype: Naturhistoriska Riksmuset, Stockholm. Holotype found by Roberts -- Roberts 2012:90 [ref. 32187]. It is a mounted and painted skin. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:80 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

hawkenii, Gymnetrus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:95, Pl. 423 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Near Goa, India. No types known. On p. 88 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Spelled hawkinsii by Bloch & Schneider 1801:481 and xliv [ref. 471]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473]). •Unavailable senior synonym of Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Roberts 2012:92 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

imperati, Xypterus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:43, 59 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Neotype: MNHN a7128. Neotype designated by Roberts 2012:81 [ref. 32187]. Original locality: Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Roberts 2012:81 [ref. 32187], Parenti 2019:104 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

italicus, Regalecus Damiani [G.] 1913:335 [Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana (3. Ser.) vol. 1 (fasc. 11-12) (for 1912); ref. 32217] Messina, Mediterranean Sea Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1771 -- (Roberts 2012:90 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

jonesii, Regalecus Newman [E.] 1860:6989 [The Zoologist v. 18 (no. 5); ref. 22795] Bermuda. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1998.4.2.1. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:152 [ref. 25013], Roberts 2012:86 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

kinoi, Regalecus Castro-Aguirre [J. L.], Arvizu-Martinez [J.] & Alarcón-Gonzalez [C.] 1991:160, Figs. 1A-B, 2-4 [Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México v. 34; ref. 16591] Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Holotype (unique): MZUABCS uncat. Type not found by Salazar-Hermoso et al. 1999:73 [ref. 23978]. •Valid as Regalecus kinoi Castro-Aguirre, Arvizu-Martinez & Alarcón-Gonzalez 1991 -- (Balart et al. 2000:137 [ref. 25266]). •Synonym of Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Salazar-Hermoso et al. 1999:73 [ref. 23978] as russelii, Roberts 2012:104 [ref. 32187] as russelli). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816). Regalecidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

masterii, Regalecus De Vis [C. W.] 1892:109 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 14523] Beach near the Tweed River, Queensland, Australia (washed ashore). Holotype: QM I.89. Appeared first as Regalecus masteri, name only, in De Vis 1891:13 [ref. 19283]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:401 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:544 [ref. 28995] Roberts 2012:90 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

northumbricus, Gymnetrus Timbs [J.] 1850:229 [ ref. 32188] Northeastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Roberts 2012:86 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae.

octomaculatus, Cephalepis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:31, 54 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

pacificus, Regalecus Haast [J. F. J. von] 1878:247, Pl. 7 [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 10; ref. 18238] New Brighton beach, Christchurch, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): CMC F2582 (skin). Type catalog: Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:7 [ref. 22860]. •Status uncertain as Regalicus pacificus Haast 1878. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Roberts 2012:89 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Uncertain as Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

parkeri, Regalecus Benham [W. B.] 1904:198, Pl. 9 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 36 (art. 23); ref. 15108] Deborah Bay, near Port Chalmers, Otago harbor, New Zealand (washed ashore); Stewart Island [see footnote]. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904) -- (Heemstra 1986:403 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:401 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:151 [ref. 24556], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1991:164 [ref. 16591], McDowall & Stewart 1999:165 [ref. 23937], Galván-Magaña et al. 1999:127 [ref. 24153], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:131 [ref. 28072], Trunov & Kukuev 2005:191 [ref. 28209], Paxton et al. 2006:544 [ref. 28995], Bray 2008:300 [ref. 30620], Roberts 2012:56 [ref. 32187], Stewart 2015:695 [ref. 34254], Nión et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35565], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Sutton et al. 2020:225 [ref. 37832], Roberts 2022:230 [ref. 39703]). Current status: Valid as Agrostichthys parkeri (Benham 1904). Regalecidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

remipes, Regalecus Brünnich [M. T.] 1788:414, Pl. B [Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrivter, Nye Samling af det v. 3; ref. 20838] Glasne, Norway. No types known. See also Brünnich 1788:414 (ref. 20838). •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:78 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

rexhalecum, Regalecus Cuvier [G.] 1816:244 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Not available, not intended as a valid name; appeared as "Regalicus (rex halecum), roi des harengs, nom donné à l'espèce du Nord par les pêcheurs norvégiens." Regalecidae.

russelii, Gymnetrus Cuvier [G.] (ex Shaw) 1816:244 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Shikoku, Tosa Bay, Japan [original locality: Vizagapatam, India]. Neotype: BSKU 39999. Apparently this is the first Latinization of "Russelian Gymnetrus" of Shaw 1803:195, pl. 28 [ref. 4014]. Spelled russellii by Günther 1861:311 [ref. 1964]. Neotype designated by Roberts 2012:100 [ref. 32187]. Named for Russell (misspelled as Russel), here not considered as an inadvertent error, but spelling russellii retained due to prevailing usage. •Valid as Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier 1816 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1991:164 [ref. 16591] with Shaw as author). •Valid as Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:117 [ref. 6441] with author as Shaw, Salazar-Hermoso et al. 1999:70 [ref. 23978] as russelli, Nakabo 2000:406 [ref. 25086] with author as Shaw, Balart et al. 2000:137 [ref. 25266], Shinohara et al. 2001:302 [ref. 25995] with author as Shaw, Nakabo 2002:406 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:205, 536 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:56, 90 [ref. 32187] as russelli, Shinohara et al. 2014:240 [ref. 33330] with author as (Shaw 1803), Parin et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33547], Roberts 2016:1941 [ref. 34582], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:579, 587 [ref. 35166], Carneiro et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37250], Kim et al. 2020:69 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:28 [ref. 37637], Love et al. 2021:75 [ref. 39279] as russelii, Roberts 2022:232 [ref. 39703], Lee et al. 2023:466 [ref. 40770], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505], Chungthanawong et al. 2024:44 [ref. 41320]). Current status: Valid as Regalecus russellii (Cuvier 1816). Regalecidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate waters (including Andaman Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.

russelii, Gymnetrus (Xiphichthys) Swainson [W.] 1839:259 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] India. No types known. Based on Russ. i. p. 40-- which is Russell 1803:40 [ref. 13862]. Named for Russell (misspelled as Russel), an inadvertent error that must be corrected, Code Art. 32.5.1. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

telum, Gymnetrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:361, Pl. 299 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN A-7126. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:9 [ref. 20740]. •Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772 -- (Palmer 1973:329 [ref. 7195], Quiniou & Quéro 1990:650 [ref. 17473], Roberts 2012:86 [ref. 32187]). Current status: Synonym of Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772. Regalecidae. Habitat: marine.

woodjonesi, Regalecus Whitley [G. P.] 1933:71 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] •Nomen nudum -- (Roberts 2012:103 [ref. 32187]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Regalecus. Regalecidae.