spinifer, Zanclorhynchus Günther [A.] 1880:15, Pl. 8 (fig. A) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Kerguelen Island. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.197. •Valid as Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther 1880, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Zhukov 2022:267 [ref. 39941]). •Valid as Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther 1880 -- (Regan 1916:378 [ref. 40111], Heemstra & Duhamel 1990:229 [ref. 21693], Andriashev 1993 [ref. 21897], Miller 1993:582 [ref. 21297], Duhamel et al. 2005:294 [ref. 32059], Balushkin & Zhukov 2016:627 [ref. 35019], Zhukov & Balushkin 2018:98 [ref. 35825], Zhukov 2019:556 [ref. 37213], Zhukov 2022:265, 266 [ref. 39941]). Current status: Valid as Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther 1880. Zanclorhynchidae. Distribution: Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands; southern-central Pacific. Habitat: marine.