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Species in the genus Powellichthys: [ 1 ] record

ventriosus, Powellichthys Smith [J. L. B.] 1966:299 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 8 (no 89) (for 1965); ref. 4136] Near Cook Islands, South Pacific, at surface. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 310. •Valid as Powellichthys ventriosus Smith 1966 -- (authors). Current status: Valid as Powellichthys ventriosus Smith 1966. Chlopsidae. Distribution: Western Pacific (near Cook Islands). Habitat: marine.