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Species in the genus Norfolkia: [ 6 ] records


brachylepis, Tripterygion Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:291, Fig. 113 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Coral heads in eastern end of Lagoon, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific, depth 20-25 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 142253. Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:25 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz 1960) -- (Fricke 1991:340 [ref. 19545], Holleman 1991:233 [ref. 21794], Fricke 1994:465 [ref. 21827], Shen 1994:23 [ref. 21605], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:34 [ref. 21853], Randall 1995:310 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1997:504, 583 [ref. 23339], Allen 1997:212 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:522 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:217 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:24 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1077 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Fricke 2001:3 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3535 [ref. 26288], Nakabo 2002:1077 [ref. 26193], Fricke 2002:194 [ref. 29865], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:387 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:478 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1526 [ref. 28998], Gomon 2008:690 [ref. 30616], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:448 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:189 [ref. 31256], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:58 [ref. 31735], Allen & Erdmann 2012:781 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:147 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:28 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2018:306 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:144 [ref. 36273], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Esmaeili et al. 2022:32 [41] [ref. 39526], Holleman 2022:430 [ref. 39961], Allen & Erdmann 2024:856 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:122 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz 1960). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

lairdi, Norfolkia Fowler [H. W.] 1953:264, Fig. 12 [Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 81 (pt 2); ref. 1463] Kingston, Norfolk Island, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): ANSP 101773. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:164 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite 1916) -- (Fricke 1991:339 [ref. 19545], Holleman 1991:236 [ref. 21794], Fricke 1994:473 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:512, 583 [ref. 23339], Randall 2005:478 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1526 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394]). Current status: Synonym of Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite 1916). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

leeuwin, Norfolkia Fricke [R.] 1994:471, Fig. 106 [Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 new species (Teleostei) v. 24; ref. 21827] 1 kilometer south of Carnac Island, 32°10'S, 115°40'E, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. Holotype: AMS I.20229-038. Paratypes: AMS I.20222-012 (3), I.20233-023 (3); WAM P.25308-000 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:41 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Norfolkia leeuwin Fricke 1994 -- (Fricke 1997:582 [ref. 23339], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Hoese 2006:1526 [ref. 28998], Gomon 2008:690 [ref. 30616], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:448 [ref. 30396], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Norfolkia leeuwin Fricke 1994. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: southern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

springeri, Norfolkia Clark [E.] 1980:95, Figs. 4f, 5d, 9 [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 28 (nos 3-4) [for 1979]; ref. 8837] Northwestern coast just north of Ras Burqa, Sinai, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 0-11 m. Holotype: USNM 205793. Paratypes: HUJ 5355 [ex USNM 205796] (2); USNM 205794 (2), 205795 (1, c&s), 205796 (now 0). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:31 [ref. 22274], Golani 2006:31 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Norfolkia spinrgeri Clark 1980 -- (Dor 1984:234 [ref. 29757], Holleman 1986:758 [ref. 5671]). •Synonym of Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz 1960) -- (Fricke 1991:340 [ref. 19545], Holleman 1991:233 [ref. 21794], Fricke 1994:465 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:504, 583 [ref. 23339], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394], Golani & Fricke 2018:144 [ref. 36273], Holleman 2022:430 [ref. 39961]). Current status: Synonym of Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz 1960). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

squamiceps, Gillias McCulloch [A. R.] & Waite [E. R.] 1916:449, Pl. 41 (fig. 1) [Transactions Royal Society of South Australia v. 40; ref. 15058] Lord Howe Island. Holotype: AMS I.5401 (1 of 2, 55 mm). Paratypes: (2) AMS I.5401 (1 of 2, not 55 mm). •Valid as Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite 1916) -- (Fricke 1991:339 [ref. 19545], Holleman 1991:236 [ref. 21794], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Fricke 1994:473 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:512, 583 [ref. 23339], Randall et al. 1997:522 [ref. 25919], Fricke 2001:3 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3535 [ref. 26288], Fricke 2002:195 [ref. 29865], Randall 2005:478 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1526 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:448 [ref. 30396], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:58 [ref. 31735]). Current status: Valid as Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite 1916). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

thomasi, Norfolkia Whitley [G. P.] 1964:193 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Heron Island, Capricorn Group, 23°26'S, 151°55'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.4020. Paratypes: AMS IB.4021 (2), IB.6245 (1). •Valid as Norfolkia thomasi Whitley 1964 -- (Fricke 1991:339 [ref. 19545], Holleman 1991:238 [ref. 21794], Fricke 1994:476 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:516, 583 [ref. 23339], Randall et al. 1997:523 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:747 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:1077 [ref. 25182], Fricke 2001:3 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3535 [ref. 26288], Nakabo 2002:1077 [ref. 26193], Fricke 2002:195 [ref. 29865], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:478 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1526 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:34 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:448 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31256], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:58 [ref. 31735], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Norfolkia thomasi Whitley 1964. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Queensland (Australia) and southern Pacific east to Rapa; Amami Islands (southern Japan). Habitat: marine.


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