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Species in the family or subfamily Bregmacerotidae: [ 22 ] records

anchovia, Bregmaceros Ho [H.-C.], Endo [H.] & Lee [C.-L.] in Ho, Endo, Lee & Chu 2020:560, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 4801 (no. 3); ref. 37586] Tosa Bay, off Haruno (Haruno fishing port), Kochi City, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan, about 33°28'N, 133°30'E. Holotype: BSKU 74079. Paratypes: BSKU, CSIRO, KAUM-I, NMMB, NMV, NTM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Bregmaceros anchovia Ho, Endo & Lee 2020. Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros anchovia Ho, Endo & Lee 2020. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Japan, southwestern Taiwan, Indonesia and North West Shelf of Australia, western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

arabicus, Bregmaceros D'Ancona [U.] & Cavinato [G.] 1965:59, Figs. 49-51 [Dana Report No. 64; ref. 9208] Arabian Sea and northern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (65) BMNH (59) Arabian Sea. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965 -- (Dor 1984:58 [ref. 29757], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Shinohara et al. 1996:171 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:415 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:303 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:415 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:414 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:31 [ref. 33932], Ali et al. 2018:313 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:32 [ref. 37020], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555], Ho et al. 2020:568 [ref. 37586], Anderson 2022:243 [ref. 39705]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Oman east to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

atlanticus, Bregmaceros Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1886:165 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 12 (no. 5); ref. 1844] Off Grenada; off Neris; Gulf of Mexico, west of Florida; depth 90-500 fathoms. Holotype: MCZ 32323 (1 of 4, 46 mm long). Paratypes: MCZ 32323 [mixed stations] (3 of 4), USNM 47633-34 (2, 1). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean 1886 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:51 [ref. 9208], Cohen 1973:321 [ref. 6589], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Cohen in Whitehead et al. 1986:711 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:92 [ref. 23100], Smith 1986:329 [ref. 5712], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:305 [ref. 12442], Cohen 1990:524 [ref. 15766], Cervigón 1991:162 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:73 [ref. 23239], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:75 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:206 [ref. 24023], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:751 [ref. 23897], Nakabo 2000:416 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:416 [ref. 26001], Harold & Johnson 2003:1004 [ref. 27012], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27076], Torii et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27810], Torii et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27822], Nelson et al. 2004:93 [ref. 27807], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:195 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:621 [ref. 28996], Fricke et al. 2007:62 [ref. 29533], Costa & Mincarone 2010:354 [ref. 37483], Melo et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30775], Zenetos et al. 2010:411 [ref. 31201], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Harold & Johnson 2016:1958 [ref. 34584] Harold & Golani 2016:3 [ref. 34758], Fricke et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35805], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Carneiro et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37250], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Sutton et al. 2020:230 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574] as cf. atlanticus, Fermon et al. 2022:195 [ref. 39448], Anderson 2022:243 [ref. 39705], Harold & Baltzegar 2023:274 [ref. 40532], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean 1886. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Habitat: marine.

atripinnis, Asthenurus Tickell [S. R.] 1865:32, Pl. 1 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 34 (pt 2); ref. 4405] Akyab harbor, Arakan, Myanmar. Syntypes: (4 or 5) ASK [Mus. Asiatic Soc.] (2). •Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208], Cohen 1990:524 [ref. 15766], Torii et al. 2003:130 [ref. 26917], Kottelat 2013:271 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Bregmacerotidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

atripinnis, Bregmaceros Day [F.] 1870:522 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 3) (art. 7) (for 11 Nov. 1869); ref. 18819] Probably Myanmar. Syntypes: NMW 43192 (1), 43196 (1); RMNH 9563 (1), 10797 (1); ZMB 2001 (1), 4333 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762]. Apparently described independently of but the same as Asthenurus atripinnis Tickell 1865, and based on Tickell specimens. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936], Torii et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27810]). •Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (Kottelat 2013:271 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Bregmacerotidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bathymaster, Bregmaceros Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:173 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Pacific coast of South America [Gulf of Panama, 78 km south-southwest of Panama City, Panama, Central America], 8°16'30"N, 79°37'45"W, Albatross station 2804, depth 47 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 41137. Paratypes: CAS-SU 427 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:56 [ref. 12291]. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros bathymaster Jordan & Bollman 1890 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:43 [ref. 9208], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Bussing & López S. 1994:72 [ref. 23101], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:75 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:207 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:232 [ref. 24555], Torii et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27810], Torii et al. 2004:109 [ref. 27809], Nelson et al. 2004:93 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:56 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:195 [ref. 28944], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:455 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Robertson et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35676], González-Murcia et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:76 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros bathymaster Jordan & Bollman 1890. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

cantori, Bregmaceros Milliken [D. M.] & Houde [E. D.] 1984:13, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 35 (no. 1); ref. 8132] Cariaco Trench, 10°38'N, 65°45'W, Venezuela, depth 450-475 meters. Holotype: MCZ 50095. Paratypes: MCZ 62086 (10), USNM 272112 (3), ZMUC uncat. (6). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros cantori Milliken & Houde 1984 -- (Cervigón 1991:161 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:752 [ref. 23897], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754], Harold & Johnson 2003:1004 [ref. 27012], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:93 [ref. 27807], Melo et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30775], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Harold & Johnson 2016:1958 [ref. 34584], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros cantori Milliken & Houde 1984. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

cayorum, Bregmaceros Nichols [J. T.] 1952:2, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 1556; ref. 12792] Straits of Florida, "west of Cay Sal", depth 325 fathoms. Holotype: AMNH 19539 (poor condition). •Questionably a synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208]). •Mention -- (Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros cayorum Nichols 1952 -- (Torii et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27810], Torii et al. 2004:109 [ref. 27809], Melo et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30775], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros cayorum Nichols 1952. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

houdei, Bregmaceros Saksena [V. P.] & Richards [W. J.] 1986:285, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 38 (no. 2); ref. 8049] Eastern Gulf of Mexico, 25°00'N, 83°11'W, Criuse 8C7113, station 43. Holotype: MCZ 62920. Paratypes: AMNH 57000-04 (2, 3, 1, 1, 1); ANSP 157988-92 (1, 2, 2, 2, 2,); LACM 44135-1 (1), 44135-2 (2), 44136-1 (3), 44137-1 (1), 44138-1 (1); MCZ 62941-44 (1, 2, 2, 1); UF 43332-36 (10 c&s, 1, 1 c&s, 1 c&s, 2); USNM 276346-50 (16, 11, 1, 1, 1). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros houdei Saksena & Richards 1986 -- (McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:753 [ref. 23897], Harold & Johnson 2003:1004 [ref. 27012], Torii et al. 2004:109 [ref. 27809], Nelson et al. 2004:93 [ref. 27807], Melo et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30775], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros houdei Saksena & Richards 1986. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Bregmaceros atlanticus Tanaka [S.] 1908:42, Figured [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 14424] Sagami Bay, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 2015. Paratypes: ZUMT 2016 (3). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:248 [ref. 39655]. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka 1908 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:63 [ref. 9208], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:193, 355 [ref. 8057], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:305 [ref. 12442], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Nakabo 2000:415 [ref. 25086], Iwamoto in Ran, Choi et al. 2003:210, 539 [ref. 26218], Torii et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27811], Torii et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27822], Shinohara et al. 2005:415 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:261 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:621 [ref. 28996], Ho et al. 2011:30 [ref. 33334], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:52 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33330], Sonoyama et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37637], Jang & Kim 2021:341 [ref. 38562], Harold & Baltzegar 2023:274 [ref. 40532]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka 1908. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan; probably Indo-Pacific. Habitat: marine.

lanceolatus, Bregmaceros Shen [S.-C.] 1960:67, Figs. 1-6 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 13 (nos 1-2); ref. 11948] Tung-Kang, Pescadores Islands, Taiwan. Neotype: NTUM 07500. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:35 [ref. 31432]. Holotype (TFRI 1002) lost; neotype designated by Shen & Wang 1991:65 [ref. 19309]. •Questionably a synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208]). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros lanceolatus Shen 1960 -- (Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:306 [ref. 12442], Shen & Wang 1991 [ref. 19309], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:594 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Torii et al. 2004:107 [ref. 27809], Torii et al. 2004:109 [ref. 27809], Ho & Shao 2011:35 [ref. 31432], Ho et al. 2011:35 [ref. 33334], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros lanceolatus Shen 1960. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

longipes, Bregmaceros Garman [S.] 1899:191, Pl. 43 (figs. 6-9) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Southeast of Acapulco, western Mexico, 16°47'30"N, 99°59'20"W, Albatross station 3423, depth 94 fathoms. Syntypes: MCZ 28603 (orig. 12, now 6); USNM 57879 (2, lost), 120248 [ex MCZ 28603] (6). •Questionably a synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208]). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Synonym of Bregmaceros bathymaster Jordan & Bollman 1890 -- (Torii et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27810]). Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros bathymaster Jordan & Bollman 1890. Bregmacerotidae. Habitat: marine.

macclellandii, Bregmaceros Günther [A.] 1862:368 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] An intentional unjustified emendation. •In the synonymy of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Unjustified Emend.. Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Bregmacerotidae.

mcclellandi, Bregmaceros Thompson [W.] (ex Cantor) 1840:184, Figured [Magazine of Natural History [E. Charlesworth, ed.] (n.s.) v. 4 (art. 6); ref. 4389] Ganges Delta, West Bengal, India. Syntypes: (1 figured and 1 seen by Thompson). Also spelled macclellandi (see Paxton et al. 1989:306 [ref. 12442]) and often misspelled (see Bailly & Hureau 1995 [ref. 22102]). Thompson made the description from one specimen, which would be the holotype, unless the second specimen was the subject of the illustration; he did not have available Cantor's manuscript that apparently was based on two specimens. Thompson's spelling in the main account was "McClellandi", which we regard as the correct original spelling, but in the figure Thompson spelled the species "McClellandii; first reviser not researched. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 (either i or ii spelling) -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208], Dor 1984:58 [ref. 29757], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:330 [ref. 5712], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:306 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:121 [ref. 24556] as macclellandi, Cohen 1990:524 [ref. 15766], Shen & Wang 1991 [ref. 19309], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:567 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:75 [ref. 24545] as maclelandii, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:206 [ref. 24023], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:754 [ref. 23897], Iwamoto 1999:1998 [ref. 24761] as mcclellandi, Nakabo 2000:415 [ref. 25086] as macclellandii, Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:595 [ref. 25122] as mcclellandi, Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703] as maclellandi, Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754] as mcclellandii, Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Barman et al. 2002:227 [ref. 27554] as mcclellandi, Nakabo 2002:415 [ref. 26001] as mcclellandii, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S98 [ref. 27377] as mcclellandii, Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27192] as mcclellandii, Torii et al. 2003:129 [ref. 26917] as mcclellandi, Khan 2003:8 [ref. 27710] as macclellandi, Torri et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27810], Torii et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27809] as macclellandii, Shinohara et al. 2005:415 [ref. 28370] as macclellandii Thompson 1840, Paxton et al. 2006:621 [ref. 28996], Melo et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30775] as macclellandi, McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Larson et al. 2013:52 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:271 [ref. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:172 [ref. 34104], Struthers 2015:744 [ref. 34261], Ali et al. 2018:313 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555], Psomadakis et al. 2020:320 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:309 [ref. 39830], Anderson 2022:243 [ref. 39705], Page et al. 2023:100 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mirum, Calloptilum Richardson [J.] 1845:95, Pl. 46 (figs. 4-7) [Ichthyology.--Part 2. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 20574] China Seas. Syntypes: (2). •Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:66 [ref. 9208], Cohen 1990:524 [ref. 15766]). Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson 1840. Bregmacerotidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

moseri, Bregmaceros Harold [A. S.] & Baltzegar [D. A.] 2023:268, Figs. 1, 3-5 [Zootaxa 5352 (no. 2); ref. 40532] Southwest of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, 21°00'N, 158°20'W. Holotype: USNM 325144. Paratypes: SIO, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Bregmaceros moseri Harold & Baltzegar 2023. Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros moseri Harold & Baltzegar 2023. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Central to eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, to the south near the Line Islands and eastwards to the vicinity of the California Current. Habitat: marine.

nectabanus, Bregmaceros Whitley [G. P.] 1941:25, Fig. 18 [Australian Zoologist v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 4701] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Arafura Sea, eastern Indian Ocean, 12°27'S, 130°50'E. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.1719. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:46 [ref. 9208], Dor 1984:58 [ref. 29757], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:330 [ref. 5712], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:306 [ref. 12442], Cohen 1990:525 [ref. 15766], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:124 [ref. 23922], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Nakabo 2000:415 [ref. 25086], Shimizu 2001:22 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:304 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:415 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Torii et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27810], Shinohara et al. 2005:415 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:622 [ref. 28996], Shao et al. 2008:242 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Larson et al. 2013:52 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33330], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:414 [ref. 33460], Harold & Golani 2016:2 [ref. 34758], Fricke et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:39 [ref. 36273], Yoshida in Kimura et al. 2018:58 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:32 [ref. 37020], Othman & Galiya in Stern et al. 2019:449 [ref. 36863], Dulčić et al. 2020:809 [ref. 37959], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555], Ho et al. 2020:566 [ref. 37586], Kim et al. 2020:71 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:229 [ref. 37832], Golani 2021:27 [ref. 38303], Jang & Kim 2021:341 [ref. 38562], Kovačić et al. 2021:29 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:195 [ref. 39448], Anderson 2022:244 [ref. 39705], Çağıltay et al. 2023:1367 [ref. 40622]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Namibia; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Cape of Goof Hope to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles and Madagascar east to Fiji, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to Queensland (Australia); Mediterranean Sea (possibly a Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

neonectabanus, Bregmaceros Masuda [S.], Ozawa [T.] & Tabeta [O.] 1986:393, Fig. 3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 32 (no. 4); ref. 5801] Shingu Beach, Fukuoka Prefecture, northern Kyushu, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 54587. Paratypes: NSMT-P 23895-96 (1, 1); ZUMT 54588-90 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:249 [ref. 39655]. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta 1986 -- (Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Nakabo 2000:416 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:416 [ref. 26001], Fricke et al. 2014:31 [ref. 33932], Shinohara et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33330], Harold & Johnson 2016:1958 [ref. 34584]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta 1986. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan to southern Japan; Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

pescadorus, Bregmaceros Shen [S.-C.] 1960:71, Figs. 7-9 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 13 (nos 1-2); ref. 11948] Wu-kan-li, Penghu, Taiwan. Types lost. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:36 [ref. 31432]. Holotype (TFRI 101) apparently lost, neotype NTUM 7509 designated by Shen & Wang 1991:66 [ref. 19309]. Neotype designation invalid, Ho et al. 2020:568 [ref. 37586]. •Synonym of Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka 1908 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:63 [ref. 9208]). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros pescadorus Shen 1960 -- (Masuda et al. 1986:398 [ref. 5801], Shen & Wang 1991 [ref. 19309], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:595 [ref. 25122], Ho & Shao 2011:36 [ref. 31432], Ho et al. 2011:34 [ref. 33334], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555], Ho et al. 2020:566 [ref. 37586]). •Synonym of Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941 -- (Ho et al. 2020:568 [ref. 37586]). Current status: Synonym of Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

pseudolanceolatus, Bregmaceros Torii [A.], Javonillo [R.] & Ozawa [T.] 2004:110, Figs. 2B, 3B, 4B. 5B, 7 [Ichthyological Research v. 51 (no. 2); ref. 27809] Bangkok Fish Market, Thailand. Holotype: URM-P29229. Paratypes: AMS I.21842-017 (2), I.21635-001 (1); ASZIB [now NZMC] 29250 (1); FSKU-P 19776-78 (1, 1, 1); KAUM-I 10 to 14 (1 ea.); NTUM 08692 [1 of 2 in ex NTUM 07502] (1); URM-P 12156 (1), 27508-27511 (4), 29172 (1), 29620 (1), 33056 (1); USNM 325250 (5). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:36 [ref. 31432], Ye et al. 2015:90 [ref. 33808].. See Motomura & Fukumoto 2006:442 [ref. 28918] for types at KAUM. •Valid as Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus Torii, Javonillo & Ozawa 2004 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:622 [ref. 28996], Ho & Shao 2011:36 [ref. 31432], Ho et al. 2011:36 [ref. 33334], Yoshida et al. 2013:49 [ref. 34464], Ye et al. 2015:90 [ref. 33808], Yoshida in Kimura et al. 2018:59 [ref. 36460], Ho et al. 2020:570 [ref. 37555], Ho et al. 2020:567 [ref. 37586]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros pseudolanceolatus Torii, Javonillo & Ozawa 2004. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: eastern India east to South China Sea and Taiwan, north to southern Japan, south to Northern Territory (Australia) and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

rarisquamosus, Bregmaceros Munro [I. S. R.] 1950:39, Fig. 10 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 61 (no. 5); ref. 12964] Bostrem Bay (Sek Harbour), north coast of New Guinea. Holotype: CSIRO B 3425. Paratypes: CSIRO B 3420 (1). •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro 1950 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:39 [ref. 9208], Paxton et al. 1989:306 [ref. 12442], Carpenter et al. 1997:124 [ref. 23922], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Torii et al. 2003:28 [ref. 27810], Paxton et al. 2006:622 [ref. 28996], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33932], Eagderi et al. 2019:32 [ref. 37020], Anderson 2022:244 [ref. 39705]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro 1950. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

retrodorsalis, Bregmaceros Ho [H.-C.] & Endo [H.] in Ho, Endo & Chu 2020:566, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 4786 (no. 4); ref. 37555] Northern New Caledonia, Coral Sea, 19°01'58.8"S, 163°18'00"E, depth 250 ‒ 290 meters. Holotype: MNHN 2002-3218. Paratypes: (21) BSKU, MNHN, NSMT. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Bregmaceros retrodorsalis Ho & Endo 2020. Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros retrodorsalis Ho & Endo 2020. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Tosa Bay, southern Japan and tropical Pacific: Wallis & Futuna, Vanuatu, Fuji, New Caledonia and Chesterfield. Habitat: marine.