aurantia, Lepidoperca Roberts [C. D.] 1989:580, Fig. 8 [Journal of Natural History v. 23 (no. 3); ref. 12486] Off northwest coast of South Island, 40°48.8'S, 171°24.6'E, New Zealand, depth 267-273 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.14799. Paratypes: AMS I.23991-001 (2); BMNH 1984.24.4.? (1); NMNZ P.14800 (8), P.14801 (1, skeleton), P.10459 (1); WAM P.28301-001 (2). Plus additional non-type material: AIM 2511 (1); NMNZ (13 lots, 22). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:10 [ref. 18942], Moore et al. 2008:20 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:17 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Lepidoperca aurantia Roberts 1989 -- (Aizawa & Matsuura in Amaoka et al. 1990:254 [ref. 16024], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:113 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1193 [ref. 34193], Anderson 2018:17 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:16 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Lepidoperca aurantia Roberts 1989. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New Zealand to Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.