doaki, Synodus Russell [B. C.] & Cressey [R. F.] 1979:166, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 92 (no. 1); ref. 8790] Nursery Bay [35°30'S, 174°44'E], Port Knights Islands [off eastern Northland], New Zealand, depth 19 meters. Holotype: NMNZ 5676. Paratypes: AMS I.5338 (1), I.18351-001 (1), I.18773-001 (1); BPBM 14655 (1), 21057 (1); NMNZ 5677 (1), 5678 (1), 6168 (1); USNM 218793 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:8 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey 1979 -- (Cressey 1981:12 [ref. 5574], Waples & Randall 1989:191 [ref. 9187], Paxton et al. 1989:237 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:109 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:50 [ref. 15987], Baranes & Golani 1993:303 [ref. 22372], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:50 [ref. 25919], Russell 1999:1941 [ref. 24747], Nakabo 2000:356 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:356 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Mundy 2005:200 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:468 [ref. 28997], Chen et al. 2007:149 [ref. 29121], Randall 2007:110 [ref. 30952], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264] with authorship as Cressey 1981, Fricke et al. 2011:358 [ref. 31242], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:109 [ref. 36167], Russell 2015:543 [ref. 34253]). Current status: Valid as Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey 1979. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to eastern Australia, Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia), New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.