xenosoma, Notopogon Regan [C. T.] 1914:14 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 13 (no. 73); ref. 3661] Cape North, New Zealand, depth 70 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1913.12.4.8. •Synonym of Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfin 1899) -- (Mohr 1937:47 [ref. 15290]). •Valid as Notopogon xenosoma Regan 1914 -- (Heemstra 1986:461 [ref. 5660], Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1990:230 [ref. 16024], Duhamel 1995:277 [ref. 21927], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:855 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:484 [ref. 30616], Kuiter 2009:311 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Stewart 2015:1072 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:128 [ref. 35805], Heemstra 2022:500 [ref. 39724]). Current status: Valid as Notopogon xenosoma Regan 1914. Centriscidae: Macroramphosinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, southern Madagascar; New Caledonia, southern Australia, New Zealand. Habitat: marine.