nitidus, Emmelichthys Richardson [J.] 1845:47, Pl. 29 (figs. 7-8) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Western Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1844.10.29.12 (right half skin), 1846.8.11.7 (1, stuffed). •Valid as Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:379 [ref. 7057], Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Heemstra 1986:637 [ref. 5660], Paulin et al. 1989:189 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:167 [ref. 36134], Yatsu in Amaoka et al. 1990:273 [ref. 16024], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:341 [ref. 22360], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:160 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:597 [ref. 22532], Andrew et al. 1995:21 [ref. 38009], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:298 [ref. 28072], Allen 2006:1190 [ref. 29089], Gomon 2008:585 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33406], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:114 [ref. 36167], Trnski 2015:1276 [ref. 34198], Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2530 [ref. 34618], Fricke et al. 2018:192 [ref. 35805], Heemstra 2022:26 [ref. 39870], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Tristan da Cunha Island; Southeastern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean: South Africa, southern Madagascar, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, southern Australia; southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia, New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.