hassi, Xarifania Klausewitz [W.] & Eibl-Eibesfeldt [I.] 1959:138, Figs. 6, 8, 15, 16 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 40 (nos 3/4); ref. 2616] Addu Atoll, between Gan Island and Fedu Island, Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean. Holotype: SMF 4556. Paratypes: SMF 4557-58 (2), 4559-60 (2). •Valid as Xarifania hassi Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959 -- (Klausewitz 1967:335 [ref. 39499]). •Valid as Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959) -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:142 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:485 [ref. 13285], Winterbottom et al. 1989:11 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:46 [ref. 15987], Castle 1997:15 [ref. 22878], Allen 1997:58 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:46 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:58 [ref. 23965], Castle & Randall 1999:19 [ref. 24042], Fricke 1999:70 [ref. 24106], Chen et al. 1999:114 [ref. 38834], Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268] as haasi, Nakabo 2000:233 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:120 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:233 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:155 [ref. 26192], Smith 2002:833 [ref. 26549], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:28 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:295 [ref. 28997], Imamura 2009:23 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2010:136 [ref. 30467], Motomura et al. 2010:74 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:354 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:116 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33932], Ho et al. 2015:148 [ref. 34130], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:50 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:117 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673], Allen et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37319], Ramos-Castro et al. 2021:516 [ref. 38842], Eudeline 2022:131 [ref. 39191], Smith & Heemstra 2022:95 [ref. 39685], Allen & Erdmann 2024:128 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959). Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius) east to Wake Atoll, Tonga, Samoa and Line Islands, north to Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northwestern Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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