atherinoides, Hynnodus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:618, Pl. 79 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Pailolo Channel, Hawaii Islands, Albatross station 3867, depth 284-290 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51601. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8660 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:72 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Mayer 1974:170 [ref. 6007]). •Valid as Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert 1905) -- (Mochizuki in Okamura et al. 1982:227, 377 [ref. 8256], Mochizuki & Shirakihara 1983:202 [ref. 8302], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:151 [ref. 6441], Parin & Abramov 1986:176 [ref. 6006], Abramov 1992:22 [ref. 21251], Gon 1999:2613 [ref. 24835], Nakabo 2000:780 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:780 [ref. 26001], Mundy 2005:357 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:217 [ref. 30952], Okamoto 2011:107 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:390 [ref. 31623], Okamoto et al. 2011:89 [ref. 31686], Okamoto 2012:250 [ref. 32096], Okamoto & Aungtonya 2013:51 [ref. 33347], Okamoto 2015:125 [ref. 34091], Okamoto 2016:182 [ref. 34930], Fricke 2017:119 [ref. 35535], Okamoto et al. 2018:147 [ref. 36123], Okamoto 2018:246 [ref. 36338]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert 1905). Epigonidae. Distribution: Pacific: Japan, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, Hawaiian Islands, Sala-y-Gomez Ridge (southeastern Pacific), New Britain (Papua New Guinea), Australia and Society Islands. Habitat: marine.