karnellai, Emmelichthys Heemstra [P. C.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:384, Fig. 5b [Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research v. 28 (no. 3); ref. 7057] Off Kona coast at Honaunau, Hawaiian Islands, depth 275 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15080. Paratypes: AMS I.18467-001 (1); ANSP 84047 (1); BPBM 6643 (1), 17211 (1); CAS 29106 (1); USNM 214689 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:100 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall 1977 -- (Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098], Randall et al. 2002:157 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Mundy 2005:378 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:244 [ref. 30952], Hagiwara & Okabe 2012:29 [ref. 32089], Fricke et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33406], Akaike et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38808], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall 1977. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Pacific: southern Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Izu Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island. Habitat: marine.