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Species in the genus Xenomystax: [ 6 ] records


atrarius, Xenomystax Gilbert [C. H.] 1891:348 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 856); ref. 1625] Off Ecuador, 0°37'00"S, 81°00'00"W, Albatross station 2792, depth 401 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 44369. Type catalog: Smith 1994:12 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert 1891 -- (Seigel 1987:57 [ref. 23111], Smith 1989:559 [ref. 13285], Pequeño 1989:25 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:49 [ref. 14674], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1035 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:180 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:131 [ref. 24555], Love et al. 2005:23 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Robertson et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35676], Smith et al. 2017:42 [ref. 36260], Love et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert 1891. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: British Columbia (Canada) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

austrinus, Xenomystax Smith [D. G.] & Kanazawa [R. H.] in Smith 1989:560, Figs. 589-591 [Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9); ref. 13285] Caribbean Sea off Panama, 9°02'24"N, 76°31'30"W, Oregon station 4902, depth 400 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 198746. Paratypes: ANSP 109591 (1), 114856 (1), 114877 (1), 126444 (1), 131993 (1), 133011 (1); MCZ 39419 (1); USNM 193559 (1), 198680 (1), 198771 (1), 200319 (1), 201239 (3). Type catalog: Smith 1994:12-13 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Xenomystax austrinus Smith & Kanazawa 1989 -- (Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Smith et al. 2017:42 [ref. 36260]). Current status: Valid as Xenomystax austrinus Smith & Kanazawa 1989. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

bidentatus, Paraxenomystax Reid [E. D.] 1940:2, Fig. 1 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 31); ref. 3684] Virgin Islands, 18°36'00" to 18°37'15"N, 65°05'30" to 65°03'00"W, Caroline station 96, depth 270-330 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 108444. Paratypes: USNM 108445 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:10 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Paraxenomystax bidentatus Reid 1840 -- (Cervigón 1991:72 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:365 [ref. 23827]). •Valid as Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid 1940) -- (Smith 1989:562 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:761 [ref. 13285], Boschung 1992:39 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:312 [ref. 23897], Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Smith et al. 2017:42 [ref. 36260], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Xenomystax bidentatus (Reid 1940). Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

congroides, Xenomystax Smith [D. G.] & Kanazawa [R. H.] in Smith 1989:563, Figs. 596-598 [Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9); ref. 13285] Off Suriname, 7°34'N, 54°50'W, Oregon station 2005, western Caribbean Sea, depth 366 meters. Holotype: USNM 217386. Paratypes: ANSP 109595 (4), 109599 (6), 109622 (8), 114952 (2); MCZ 38783 (2), 38802 (2), 38820 (1), 49337 (3); UF 213871 [ex UMML 13871] (1), 216873 [ex UMML 16873] (1), 217655 [ex UMML 17655] (1), 220902 [ex UMML 20902] (5), 229675 [ex UMML 29675] (1), 233478 [ex UMML 33478] (2); USNM 217387-88 (1, 1), 217441-42 (3, 2). Additional material: ANSP (11 lots, 38); MBI (1, missing); MCZ (3 lots, 5); UF [ex UMML] (8 lots, 19); USNM (52 lots, 265). Type catalog: Smith 1994:13 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa 1989 -- (Smith 1989:759 [ref. 13285], Boschung 1992:39 [ref. 23239], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:313 [ref. 23897], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:750 [ref. 26989], Moore et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:65 [ref. 27807], Tweddle & Anderson 2008:6 [ref. 29604], Melo et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30460], Page et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32708], Smith 2016:1694 [ref. 34556], Smith et al. 2017:42 [ref. 36260], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Fermon et al. 2022:120 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa 1989. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to northeastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: marine.

rictus, Xenomystax Garman [S.] 1899:315, Pl. N [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Albatross station 3354, 3384, 3394, 3404, 3417, depth 322-511 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28445-50 (4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1); USNM 57896 (1), 153605 [ex MCZ 28446] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:13 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert 1891 -- (Smith 1989:559 [ref. 13285], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:181 [ref. 24023]). Current status: Synonym of Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert 1891. Congridae: Congrinae. Habitat: marine.

trucidans, Xenomystax Alcock [A. W.] 1894:134 [20] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 90] Laccadive Sea, 7°05'45"N, 75°04'E, Investigator station 150, depth 719 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F13704. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:134 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:36 [ref. 22148]. On p. 20 of separate. Figured in Alcock 1895: Pl. 16 (fig. 5) [ref. 20532]. •Valid as Xenomystax trucidans Alcock 1894 -- (Castle 1975:23 [ref. 25984], Smith 1989:559 [ref. 13285], Adam et al. 1998:8 [ref. 23610], Smith et al. 2017:39 [ref. 36260], Psomadakis et al. 2020:285 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Xenomystax trucidans Alcock 1894. Congridae: Congrinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Oman east to Myanmar and Andaman Sea. Habitat: marine.


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