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Species in the family or subfamily Zeniontidae: [ 9 ] records

abbreviatus, Platystethus Hector [J.] 1875:79 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11); ref. 18268] Off Cape Farewell, New Zealand, Challenger, depth 400 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1885.10.15.3. Apparently appeared first as above, then in Hector 1875:247, Pl. 11 (fig. 31c) [ref. 18269]. •Valid as Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector 1875) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:160 [ref. 24556], James & Inada in Amaoka et al. 1990:213 [ref. 16024], Bray 2015:1039 [ref. 34280]). Current status: Valid as Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector 1875). Zeniontidae. Distribution: New Zealand region. Habitat: marine.

affinis, Cyttomimus Weber [M.] 1913:298, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Banda Sea [not Arafura Sea], 5°48.2'S, 132°13'E, Siboga station 253, depth 304 meters [Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): ZMA 112445. •Valid as Cyttomimus affinis Weber 1913 -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:118 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:388 [ref. 12442], Heemstra 1999:2259 [ref. 24791], Nakabo 2000:506 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:311 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:506 [ref. 26001], Paxton et al. 2006:796 [ref. 28995], Shao et al. 2008:245[ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cyttomimus affinis Weber 1913. Zeniontidae. Distribution: Antiequatorial in western Pacific: South China Sea to southern Japan; northern Australia and Papua New Guina to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

hololepis, Cyttus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:225, Pl. 65 (figs. 233, 233a-b) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Off Yucatán 20°19'N, 87°03'30"W, Albatross station 2358, depth 220 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM 39296. Paralectotypes: USNM 39297 (2). Lectotype established in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1662 [ref. 2444]. •Valid as Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Heemstra 1986:441 [ref. 5660], Scott & Scott 1988:331 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:132 [ref. 14674], Cervigón 1991:258 [ref. 24472], Andreata & Séret 1996:584 [ref. 16204] dated 1895, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1029 [ref. 23897], Heemstra 1999:2258 [ref. 24791], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:155 [ref. 27754], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Heemstra 2003:1206 [ref. 27043], Heemstra 2003:1206 [ref. 27043], Moore et al. 2003:221 [ref. 27076], Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27192], Roa-Varón et al. 2003:10 [ref. 27814], Shao et al. 2008:245 [ref. 29952], Costa et al. 2015:1061 [ref. 37495], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:130 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:11 [ref. 34324], Heemstra 2016:2216 [ref. 34607], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:98 [ref. 36389], Fricke et al. 2018:119 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:130 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:146 [ref. 38139], Bañón & Maño 2021:65 [ref. 38883], Rufus et al. 2021:109 [ref. 38240], Fermon et al. 2022:194 [ref. 39448], Heemstra 2022:422 [ref. 39720], Page et al. 2023:99 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896). Zeniontidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya south to Mozambique); Japan. Habitat: marine.

japonicum, Zenion Kamohara [T.] 1934:597, Fig. [Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. Tokyo. v. 10 (no. 9) (art. 168); ref. 16431] Off Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Kamohara "neotype": BSKU 9394. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:5 [ref. 19282]. "Neotype" designated by Kamohara 1961:5 [ref. 19282], but neotype designation was not made in a revisory work and is invalid. •Synonym of Zenion hololepis Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Heemstra 1999:2258 [ref. 24791], Heemstra in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Heemstra 2016:2216 [ref. 34607]). •Valid as Zenion japonicum Kamohara 1934 -- (Ida in Okamura et al. 1982:217, 371 [ref. 8256], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:118 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:449, 658 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:387 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:54 [ref. 14125] as japonicus, Nakabo 2000:505 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:311 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:505 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:423 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:796 [ref. 28995], Shinohara et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33330], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:98 [ref. 36389], Fricke et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Zenion japonicum Kamohara 1934. Zeniontidae. Distribution: Pacific Ocean: South China Sea east to Chile, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

leptolepis, Cyttus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:17 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] South Africa, Pickle stations 98 and 295, depth 218 and 180 fathoms. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924) -- (Heemstra 1986:441 [ref. 5660], Paulin et al. 1989:159 [ref. 24556], Adam et al. 1998:11 [ref. 23610], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Heemstra 2022:423 [ref. 39720]). Current status: Valid as Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924). Zeniontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa east to Saya de Malha Bank and Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos); New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

longipinnis, Zenion Kotthaus [A.] 1970:63, Figs. 210-213 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 5; ref. 7754] Near Ascension Island, South Atlantic, 8°05'S, 14°37'W, depth 300-400 meters. Holotype: ISH 109-1967a. Paratypes: ISH 109-1967b-c (2), ZMH 5015 (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1978:16 [ref. 9884], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:416 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Zenion longipinnis Kotthaus 1970 -- (Karrer 1990:629 [ref. 17306], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Fricke et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33930]). •Synonym of Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Heemstra 2016:2216 [ref. 34607]). Current status: Synonym of Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896). Zeniontidae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

macropus, Cyttula Weber [M.] 1913:411, Pl. 2 (figs. 3-3a) [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Flores Sea, 7°19.4'S, 116°49.5'E, Siboga station 316, depth 538 meters. Lectotype: ZMA 102357. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 69018 (2), ZMA 102358 (4). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:79 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype established by Karrer 1990:629 [ref. 17306] as "Lectotype, designated by Myers (unpublished): ..." •Valid as Cyttula macropus Weber 1913 -- (Karrer 1990:629 [ref. 17306]). •Synonym of Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Heemstra 1999:2258 [ref. 24791]). Current status: Synonym of Zenion hololepis (Goode & Bean 1896). Zeniontidae. Habitat: marine.

muelleri, Antigonia Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:256 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 18913] Northwestern coast of New Zealand. Syntypes: SMNS 2591 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:19 [ref. 20296].Fricke 2005:69 [ref. 29864] dated 1880. Name appeared as Mülleri in original. Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:380 [56 of separate], Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [ref. 2624]. •Synonym of Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector 1875). Current status: Synonym of Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector 1875). Zeniontidae. Habitat: marine.

stelgis, Cyttomimus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:624, Pl. 80 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Near Barbers Point, south shore of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4122, depth 192-352 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 51622. •Valid as Cyttomimus stelgis Gilbert 1905 -- (Pequeño 1989:54 [ref. 14125], Mundy 2005:315 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:374 [ref. 31242], Sáez & Lamilla 2017:97 [ref. 36389]). Current status: Valid as Cyttomimus stelgis Gilbert 1905. Zeniontidae. Distribution: Pacific: Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia, Hawaiian Ridge, Hawaiian Islands, Chile. Habitat: marine.