sealei, Prognichthys Abe [T.] 1955:185, Figs. 1-3 [Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 12259] 30 miles east of Miyako Island, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 50474. Paratypes: ZUMT 50475-76 (1, 1). •Valid as Prognichthys sealei Abe 1955 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:82 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Parin 1986:396 [ref. 6293], Winterbottom et al. 1989:15 [ref. 13251], Parin in Fischer et al. 1995:1103 [ref. 22829], Parin 1996:301 [ref. 23179], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:258 [ref. 24023], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:123 [ref. 24106], Parin 1999:2179 [ref. 24786], Parin 1999:303 [ref. 24867], Nakabo 2000:554 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:554 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:291 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:31 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Kharin & Saveliev 2011:554 [ref. 32456], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:195 [ref. 33547], Fourriére et al. 2016:456 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Shakhovskoy & Collette 2022:356 [ref. 39717], Page et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Prognichthys sealei Abe 1955. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan); eastern Pacific: including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.