australis, Maurolicus Hector [J.] 1875:250, Pl. 11 (fig. 90d) [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 7 (art. 34); ref. 18269] Milford Sound and Cuttle Cave in Preservation Inlet, New Zealand. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:92 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:193 [ref. 22246], Harold 1999:1901 [ref. 24741], Hutchins 2001:19 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:425 [ref. 28995], Harold & Gomon 2008:232 [ref. 30629], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Harold et al. 2015:458 [ref. 34249], Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus australis Hector 1875. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal; North Pacific. Habitat: marine.