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Species in the genus Atrophacanthus: [ 2 ] records

danae, Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1950:3, Figs. 1-4 [Dana Report No. 35; ref. 1497] Sulawesi Sea, 3°20'N, 123°50'E, depth 600 meters wire out. Holotype: ZMUC (lost). Paratypes: (183) ANSP 109016 (2) 102139 (5); BMNH 1959.4.23.5-16 (12), 1860.5.4.1 (1, glycerine); MLCS (139 in 6 lots); ZMUC P88109-17 (9), P88121-41 (21). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:84 [ref. 9588], Böhlke 1984:162 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara 1941) -- (Tyler 1968:166 [ref. 6438]). Current status: Synonym of Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara 1941). Triacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Tydemania Kamohara [T.] 1941:166, Fig. 1 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 13016] Shikoku, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, over 100 fathoms. Holotype (unique): destroyed in 1945. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:5 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara 1941) -- (Tyler 1968:166 [ref. 6438], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:357 [ref. 6441], Adam et al. 1998:16 [ref. 23610], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:647 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1395 [ref. 25182], Matsuura 2001:3904 [ref. 26315], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1395 [ref. 26193], Matsuura 2014:4 [ref. 33576], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:289 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Atrophacanthus japonicus (Kamohara 1941). Triacanthodidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa; Indonesia east to Philippines, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.