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Species in the family or subfamily Hypoptychidae: [ 4 ] records

dybowskii, Hypoptychus Steindachner [F.] 1880:158 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 17 (no. 19) (for 18 July 1880); ref. 20481] Peter the Great Bay. Syntypes: (several) NMW 58203 (3). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1880:257 [p. 20 of separate], pl. 2 (fig. 3), [ref. 4230]. •Valid as Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner 1880 -- (Gosline 1963:90 [ref. 21388], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:201 [ref. 7348], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Choi et al. 2003:231, 552 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S21 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:56 [ref. 35138], Kwun & Yim 2018:1 [ref. 36314], Kim et al. 2020:85 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:35 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner 1880. Hypoptychidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.

japonicus, Aulichthys Brevoort [J. C.] in Gill 1862:235 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1663] Japanese coast. No types known. Author is J. C. Brevort. •Valid as Aulichthys japonicus Brevoort 1862 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:512 [ref. 25086], Shimizu 2001:23 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:512 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:231, 552 [ref. 26218], Kuiter 2009:323 [ref. 30404], Kim et al. 2020:85 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:35 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Aulichthys japonicus Brevoort 1862. Hypoptychidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: eastern China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

septipinnis, Ammodytes Pallas [P. S.] 1814:227 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] American ocean [? Kamchatka]. Family placement follows Fowler (MS). The species septipinnis is the type species of Rhynchias. Hypoptychidae. Habitat: marine.

steindachneri, Hypoptychus Franz [V.] 1910:8, Pl. 5 (fig. 28) [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Fukuura, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZSM [old collection] destroyed in WW II. Type catalog: Neumann 2006:276 [ref. 28925]. •Synonym of Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner 1880 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:201 [ref. 7348], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:56 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner 1880. Hypoptychidae. Habitat: marine.