affinis, Beryx Günther [A.] 1859:13 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1848.10.25.17 (1, stuffed), 1848.10.25.18 (1, dry), 1848.10.25.19 (1, stuffed), 1855.9.19.189 (1). Also listed was Plate II, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." •Valid as Centroberyx affinis (Günther 1859) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:375 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:155 [ref. 24556], Shimizu in Amaoka et al. 1990:212 [ref. 16024], Kuiter 1993:74 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:395 [ref. 22532], Kotlyar 1996:110 [ref. 23292], Kuiter 1997:64 [ref. 25488], Paxton 1999:2223 [ref. 24788], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Paxton et al. 2006:774 [ref. 28995], Roberts & Gomon 2008:418 [ref. 30641], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1021 [ref. 34256]). Current status: Valid as Centroberyx affinis (Günther 1859). Berycidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southern Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.