paxtoni, Melodichthys Nielsen [J. G.] & Cohen [D. M.] 1986:385, Fig. 4 [Cybium v. 10 (no. 4); ref. 6039] Southeast of Cape Everard, Victoria, Australia, depth 165-275 meters. Holotype: AMS E.5264. •Valid as Melodichthys paxtoni Nielsen & Cohen 1986 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24448]). •Valid as Fiordichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen 1986) -- (Nielsen et al. 2004:40 [ref. 27738], Hoese & Gates 2006:572 [ref. 28997]). •Valid as Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen 1986) -- (Møller & Nielsen 2015:724 [ref. 34260], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432] in Bythitidae, Møller et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38861]). Current status: Valid as Bidenichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen 1986). Bythitidae. Distribution: Southwest Australia and northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.