australis, Alepocephalus Barnard [K. H.] 1923:440 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14); ref. 191] Off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 630 fathoms [1152 meters]. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.3 [ex SAM 13097] (1); SAM 12714 (1, poor condition), 12715-16 (1, 1), 13097 (1). See also Miya in Amaoka et al. 1990:104 [ref. 16024]. •Valid as Alepocephalus australis Barnard 1923 -- (Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:75, 178 [ref. 8379], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:230 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:219 [ref. 5687], Paulin et al. 1989:85 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:164, 165 [ref. 36134], Markle & Sazonov 1990:246 [ref. 14215], Arruda 1997:26 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:86 [ref. 24106], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Pakhorukov 2001:377 [ref. 25409], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Carter & Hartel 2003:878 [ref. 27000] as australie, Moore et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27076] as cf. australis, McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:17 [ref. 28815] as australie, Hoese et al. 2006:385 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:203 [ref. 30623], Williams & Stewart 2015:360 [ref. 34243], Hartel & Orrell 2016:1768 [ref. 34565], Fricke et al. 2018:63 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37250], Fermon et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:153 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus australis Barnard 1923. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal, mostly in Southern Hemisphere, but also northern Atlantic, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (20915): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.