appelii, Aegaeonichthys Clarke [F. E.] 1878:245, Pl. 6 (second from top) [Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v. 10 (art. 30) (for 1877); ref. 841] Off Westland, New Zealand, about 43°S, 170°E (stranded). Holotype (unique): not preserved. Spelled Aegoeonichthys appellii in plate. •Valid as Himantolophus appelii (Clarke 1878) -- (Bertelsen & Krefft 1988:47 [ref. 6615], Paxton et al. 1989:289 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:140 [ref. 24556], Gomon et al. 1994:299 [ref. 22532], Meléndez C. & Kong 1997:12 [ref. 23092], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:6 [ref. 23378], Pequeño 1997:82 [ref. 23536], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Leslie 2001:6 [ref. 26165], Paxton et al. 2006:659 [ref. 28995], Pietsch 2008:381 [ref. 30637], Hearne 2009:[1] [ref. 30074], Pietsch 2009:339, 350 [ref. 30766], Stewart & Pietsch 2010:53 [ref. 31031], Pietsch & Kenaley 2011:490 [ref. 31709], Iwamoto & McCosker 2014:285 [ref. 33298], Stewart et al. 2015:911 [ref. 34272], Prokofiev 2020:404 [551] [ref. 37915], Koerber 2023:35 [ref. 40486]). Current status: Valid as Himantolophus appelii (Clarke 1878). Himantolophidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.