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Species in the family or subfamily Taeniopsettidae: [ 10 ] records


caribbaea, Trichopsetta Anderson [W. W.] & Gutherz [E. J.] 1967:898, Figs. 4-5 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 7857] Off south coast of Jamaica, 17°53'N, 77°56'W, depth 150 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 200414. Paratypes: ANSP 103614 (2); BMNH 1966.6.13.1-2 (2); FMNH 66830 (2); LACM 6916-1 (1); MCZ 44911 (2); MNHN 1966-0737 (2); CAS-SU 63561 (1); UF 15635 (1), 19309-14 (4, 2, 1, 8, 6, 3); USNM 200415-17 (1, 6, 6), 208574 [ex TABL] (7), 208580 [ex TABL]. Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:84 [ref. 12367], Böhlke 1984:31 [ref. 13621], Desoutter et al. 2001:310 [ref. 25922]. •Valid as Trichopsetta caribbaea Anderson & Gutherz 1967 -- (Cervigón 1992:279 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1996:36 [ref. 24489], Munroe 2003:1894 [ref. 27118], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:185 [ref. 37485], Carvalho-Filho 2023:269 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Trichopsetta caribbaea Anderson & Gutherz 1967. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean sea south to Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

ciliaris, Engyophrys Roux [C.] 1968:658, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 39 (no. 4) [1967]; ref. 7912] Salvador de Bahia, coast of Brazil, 13°01'S, 38°24'W, depth 50 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1970-0004. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:304 [ref. 25922]. •Synonym of Engyophrys senta Ginsburg 1933 -- (Staiger 1973:357 [ref. 36903]). Current status: Synonym of Engyophrys senta Ginsburg 1933. Taeniopsettidae. Habitat: marine.

melasma, Trichopsetta Anderson [W. W.] & Gutherz [E. J.] 1967:906, Figs. 6-7 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 7857] Bank off Andros Island, Great Bahamas, 23°40'N, 79°06'W, depth 125 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 200418. Paratypes: BMNH 1966.6.13.3 (1); MCZ 44912 (1); CAS-SU 63562 (1); UF 19315-16 (1, 3); USNM 200419-21 (1, 1, 1), 208578-79 [ex TABL] (2, 2). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:113 [ref. 21035]. •Valid as Trichopsetta melasma Anderson & Gutherz 1967 -- (Munroe 2003:1894 [ref. 27118]). Current status: Valid as Trichopsetta melasma Anderson & Gutherz 1967. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Pseudorhombus Günther [A.] 1880:56, Pl. 24 (figs. A-B) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Outside Nares harbor, Admiralty Islands, depth 152 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1879.5.14.76. •Valid as Taeniopsetta ocellata (Günther 1880) -- (Amaoka 1969:116 [ref. 105], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:297, 405 [ref. 8256], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:348 [ref. 6441], Quéro & Maugé 1989:389 [ref. 19512], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Fukui & Liew 1999:318 [ref. 24054], Nakabo 2000:1359 [ref. 25182], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3840 [ref. 26311], Hutchins 2001:46 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:335 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1359 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Bray 2006:1823 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:463 [ref. 30952], Ho et al. 2009:11 [ref. 31461], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:95 [ref. 32413], Fricke et al. 2018:371 [ref. 35805], Amaoka in Koeda & Ho 2019:1249 [ref. 42393], Amaoka & Ho 2019:208 [ref. 37188], Hensley & Amaoka 2022:348 [ref. 40220]). Current status: Valid as Taeniopsetta ocellata (Günther 1880). Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar; Philippines, China and Taiwan north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

orbisulcus, Trichopsetta Anderson [W. W.] & Gutherz [E. J.] 1967:908, Figs. 8-9 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 17 (no. 4); ref. 7857] Off western Venezuela, 12°37'N, 71°10'W, Oregon station 4394, depth 65 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 200422. Paratypes: USNM 208588 [ex TABL] (1). •Valid as Trichopsetta orbisulcus Anderson & Gutherz 1967 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:541 [ref. 25518] as Tricopsetta, McAllister 1990:220 [ref. 14674], Cervigón 1992:280 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1996:37 [ref. 24489], Munroe 2003:1895 [ref. 27118]). Current status: Valid as Trichopsetta orbisulcus Anderson & Gutherz 1967. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nicaragua and Venezuela. Habitat: marine.

radula, Taeniopsetta Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:680, Fig. 266 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Pailolo Channel, between Molokai Island and Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3858, depth 128-138 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51639. Paratypes: BMNH 1931.8.19.1-2 (2), CAS-SU 8615 (6), USNM 51699 (27, now 25). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:140 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Taeniopsetta radula Gilbert 1905 -- (Fukui & Liew 1999:318 [ref. 24054], Mundy 2005:519 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:463 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Valid as Taeniopsetta radula Gilbert 1905. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

sanctilaurentii, Engyophrys Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:176 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Off Pacific coast of Colombia. Syntypes: BMNH 1900.9.29.253 [from Jordan] (1), 1930.9.2.10 (1) [ex CAS-SU]; CAS-SU 271 (20); USNM 41155 (2), 41255 (14), 41266-67 (1, 2), 41269 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:139 [ref. 12291]. Originally as sancti-laurentii. The correct spelling is sanctilaurentii. •Valid as Engyophrys sanctilaurentii Jordan & Bollman 1890 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1992:102 [ref. 21805], Bussing & López S. 1994:152 [ref. 23101], Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995:935 [ref. 22829] as sanctilaurentia, De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:74 [ref. 24545] as sanctilaurentia, Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643] as sanctilauarentia, Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:203 [ref. 24555], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:126 [ref. 25206], Allen & Groce 2001:137 [ref. 25751], Nelson et al. 2004:179 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:171 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2017:104 [ref. 35676], González-Murcia et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:222 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:232 [ref. 40816], Fricke et al. 2024:344 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Engyophrys sanctilaurentii Jordan & Bollman 1890. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Malpelo Island (Colombia). Habitat: marine.

sentus, Engyophrys Ginsburg [I.] 1933:6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 82 (no. 2961); ref. 1800] Off Dry Tortugas, Florida, U.S.A., 24°23'-25'N, 82°57'-58'W, depth 50 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 91402. •Valid as Engyophrys senta Ginsburg 1933 -- (Gutherz 1967:19 [ref. 23862], Staiger 1973:357 [ref. 36903], Robins & Ray 1986:293 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:536 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:220 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:174 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:280 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1996:33 [ref. 24489], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Munroe 2003:1893 [ref. 27118], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:105 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:179 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:827 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Klautau et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37903], Carvalho-Filho 2023:269 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:344 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Engyophrys senta Ginsburg 1933. Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

taeniopterus, Platophrys Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:118 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Gulf of California, north of La Paz, Mexico, 24°51'N, 110°39'W, Albatross station 2998, depth 40 fathoms. Syntypes: CAS-SU 228 (6); USNM 43095 (2), 48253 (3), 125006 [ex USBF 442] (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:140 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Perissias taeniopterus (Gilbert 1890) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1992:103 [ref. 21805], Bussing & López S. 1994:152 [ref. 23101], Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995:936 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:74 [ref. 24545], Nelson et al. 2004:179 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:171 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:222 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:345 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Perissias taeniopterus (Gilbert 1890). Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

ventralis, Citharichthys Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1885:592 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 8 (no. 543); ref. 1842] Gulf of Mexico, 29°15'N, 88°06'W, Albatross station 2386, depth 60 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 37343. •Valid as Trichopsetta ventralis (Goode & Bean 1885) -- (Gutherz 1967:22 [ref. 23862], Anderson & Gutherz 1967:895 [ref. 7857], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:454 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:293 [ref. 23100], McAllister 1990:220 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:177 [ref. 23239], Evseenko 1998:59 [ref. 23643], Munroe 2003:1895 [ref. 27118], Nelson et al. 2004:179 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:829 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:395 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:268 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:345 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Trichopsetta ventralis (Goode & Bean 1885). Taeniopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico south to Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.


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