antipodum, Mesobius Hubbs [C. L.] & Iwamoto [T.] 1977:245, Figs. 8, 9, 10B [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 41 (no. 7); ref. 2257] East of South Island, New Zealand, 44°44'S, 175°42'E, depth 995-1110 meters. Holotype (unique): FAKU 47812. •Valid as Mesobius antipodum Hubbs & Iwamoto 1977 -- (Trunov 1981:55 [ref. 8532], Trunov 1986:32 [ref. 24543], Iwamoto 1986:337 [ref. 5674], Paxton et al. 1989:328 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:125 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Okamura in Amaoka et al. 1990:188 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:360 [ref. 22532], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:189 [ref. 23875], Pakhorukov 2001:379 [ref. 25409], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:484 [ref. 25637], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Iwamoto et al. 2004:198 [ref. 27643], Bray et al. 2006:600 [ref. 29065], Iwamoto & McMillan 2008:342 [ref. 30636], McMillan & Iwamoto 2015:817 [ref. 34263]). •Valid as Mesovagus antipodum (Hubbs & Iwamoto 1977) -- (Nakayama & Endo 2016:1 [ref. 34469]). Current status: Valid as Mesovagus antipodum (Hubbs & Iwamoto 1977). Macrouridae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan, mostly southern. Habitat: marine.