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Species in the family or subfamily Atherionidae: [ 6 ] records

africanus, Atherion Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:607, Pl. 98 (fig. B), Fig. 2 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 622. Paratypes: (13) MNHN 1965-0579 (1, poor condition); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 623 (3), 624 (6); USNM 199695 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:714 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherion africanus Smith 1965 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292]). •Valid as Atherion africanum Smith 1965 -- (Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:125 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:101 [ref. 35805], Ivantsoff 2022:335 [ref. 39714]). Current status: Valid as Atherion africanum Smith 1965. Atherionidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Comoros and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

aphrozoicus, Atherion elymus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:295 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Tara Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 143305. Paratypes: FMNH 62599 [ex USNM 140303] (1); USNM 143303 (orig. 14, now 13). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:14 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901 -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2118 [ref. 24783]). Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901. Atherionidae. Habitat: marine.

asper, Atherion elymus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:294 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Ocean reef at edge of channel, Bokon Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 140330. Paratypes: USNM 140331 (1), 140476 (4). •Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901 -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2118 [ref. 24783]). Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901. Atherionidae. Habitat: marine.

elymus, Atherion Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1901:203, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1250); ref. 2524] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6528. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6711 (10 or 1), USNM 49812 (6). Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:553 [ref. 31656]. •Valid as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:119 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:357 [ref. 12442], Myers 1999:73 [ref. 23965], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2118 [ref. 24783], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:543 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:543 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:216, 543 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Paxton et al. 2006:704 [ref. 28995], Kimura 2009:47 [ref. 30426], Motomura et al. 2010:80 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:369 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:160 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35333], Kwun et al. 2017:141 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:79 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:38 [ref. 37637], Wada et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901. Atherionidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Christmas Island east to Fiji, north to southern Korea and southern Sea of Japan, south to New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. Habitat: marine.

freyi, Atherion elymus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:292, Fig. 45 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Oca Point, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 134083. Paratypes: FMNH 62000-01 (1, 1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 642 [ex USNM 139865] (5); USNM 123864 (4), 123954 (3), 124100 (8), 124128 (13), 124198 (1), 124250 (2), 124263 (1), 139864 (1), 139865-66 (57, 24). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:14 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901 -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2118 [ref. 24783], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks 1901. Atherionidae. Habitat: marine.

maccullochi, Atherion Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1919:30 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series [1919]; ref. 2485] Lord Howe Island, Australia. Holotype: CAS-SU 23188. Paratypes: CAS-SU 23187 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:65-66 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Atherion maccullochi Jordan & Hubbs 1919 -- (Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Paxton et al. 2006:704 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Valid as Atherion maccullochi Jordan & Hubbs 1919. Atherionidae. Distribution: Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.