berndti, Polymixia Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:616, Pl. 78 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 51607. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8563 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:62-63 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Polymixia berndti Gilbert 1905 -- (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:201, 364 [ref. 8256], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:115 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:431, 651 [ref. 8056], Heemstra 1986:432 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:362 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1992:23 [ref. 20773], Kotlyar 1993:182 [ref. 21209], Kotlyar 1996:75 [ref. 23292], Randall et al. 1997:499 [ref. 25919], Adam et al. 1998:9 [ref. 23610], Fricke 1999:99 [ref. 24106], Paxton 1999:1977 [ref. 24752], Nakabo 2000:407 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:303 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:407 [ref. 26001], Kotlyar 2002:478 [ref. 26270], Shinohara et al. 2005:413 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:239 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:548 [ref. 28994], Randall 2007:116 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35805], Borden et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36559], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Grande & Wilson 2021:583 [ref. 38492], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857], Anderson 2022:237 [ref. 39705], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:85 [ref. 41223], Caixeta et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40847]). Current status: Valid as Polymixia berndti Gilbert 1905. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Madagascar and Mascarenes and to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to off southern Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.