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Species in the family or subfamily Malakichthyidae: [ 19 ] records

annectens, Neoscombrops Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1922:68, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 2 (art. 3); ref. 1648] Off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, depth 62-260 meters. Syntypes: (20 stations) ? SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 10936 (5). A neotype was designated as SAM 16749 by Mochizuki 1979 (see Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:290 [ref. 27216] who disagreed that syntypes were available; with 20 original stations representing type specimens, the neotype designation is almost certainly premature). •Valid as Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist 1922 -- (Mochizuki & Sano 1984:337 [ref. 5188], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660]). •Synonym of Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan 1921) -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:288 [ref. 27216], Heemstra 2022:161 [ref. 39747]). •Synonym of Verilus cynodon (Regan 1921) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2386 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Synonym of Verilus cynodon (Regan 1921). Malakichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

anomalus, Apogonops Ogilby [J. D.] 1896:24 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 21 (pt 1); ref. 3269] Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.11378. •Valid as Apogonops anomalus Ogilby 1896 in Percichthyidae -- (Paxton et al. 1989:510 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:548 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Apogonops anomalus Ogilby 1896 in Acropomatidae -- (Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Paxton et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:533 [ref. 30616]). •Valid as Verilus anomalus (Ogilby 1896) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2381 [ref. 34736], Williams et al. 2018:99 [ref. 36359]). Current status: Valid as Verilus anomalus (Ogilby 1896). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern half of Australia, north to Queensland and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

atlanticus, Neoscombrops Mochizuki [K.] & Sano [M.] 1984:335, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 30 (no. 4); ref. 5188] Caribbean Sea, 12°07'N, 82°44'W, Oregon station 6444, depth 192 meters. Holotype: USNM 232322. Paratypes: CAS 44052 (2); USNM 229531-35 (2, 2, 1, 3, 1), 232323 (3). •Valid as Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki & Sano 1984 -- (Heemstra & Yamanoue 2003:1302 [ref. 35184], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:288 [ref. 27216], Yamanoue et al. 2009:403 [ref. 30547]). •Valid as Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano 1984) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2385 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Valid as Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano 1984). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

barbatus, Malakichthys Yamanoue [Y.] & Yoseda [K.] 2001:257, Figs. 1, 2A, 3A, 4A [Ichthyological Research v. 48 (no. 3); ref. 25543] Suruga Bay, Honshu, Japan, 34°59.4'N-34°59.9'N, 138°45.1'E-138°43.3'E, depth 200-540 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 46015. Paratypes: BSKU 39929-34 (6); FAKU 34335 (1); FUMT-P 3990 (1), 20302 (1, dissected), 20303 (1), 20344 (1); NSMT-P 7156-57 (2), 46013 (1), 46857 (2), 59092-95 (5); OMNH-P 9312 (1), 10829 (1)11079 (1), 11083 (1). •Valid as Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001 -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:512 [ref. 28006], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

costai, Verilus Schwarzhans [W.], Mincarone [M. M.] & Villarins [B. T.] 2020:590, Figs. 1, 2A, 3H-J [Zootaxa 4751 (no. 3); ref. 37392] Off Belmonte, Bahia State, Brazil, 15°42'41"S, 38°37'18"W - 15°44'14"S, 38°39'12"W, depth 233 - 294 meters. Holotype: NPM 6028. Paratypes: MNRJ, NPM, ZMUC. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins 2020. Current status: Valid as Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins 2020. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Off Belmonte, Bahia State, Brazil, southwestern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

cynodon, Acropoma Regan [C. T.] 1921:415 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 7 (no. 41); ref. 3672] 15-20 miles off River Umvoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 120-130 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1921.3.1.13. •Valid as Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan 1921) -- (Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:288 [ref. 27216], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Yamanoue et al. 2009:404 [ref. 30547], Heemstra 2022:161 [ref. 39747]). •Valid as Verilus cynodon (Regan 1921) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2386 [ref. 34736], Fricke et al. 2018:144 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Verilus cynodon (Regan 1921). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to northern Mozambique, east to southwestern Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

elegans, Malakichthys Matsubara [K.] & Yamaguti [M.] 1943:84, Fig. 1 [The Journal of the Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 12788] Suruga Bay, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 6545 (not found in 1997). •Valid as Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti 1943 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:461, 664 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:686 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:520 [ref. 28006], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Motomura et al. 2010:94 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32988], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti 1943. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

formosus, Malakichthys Ng [S.-L.], Liu [K.-M.] & Joung [S.-J.] 2023:381, Figs. 2-5 [Zootaxa 5380 (no. 4); ref. 40626] Off Donggang, southwestern Taiwan, northwestern Pacific, circa 22°36'N, 120°16'E, depth 300 - 400 meters. Holotype: NMMB P37683. Paratypes: NMMB P36784 (1, dissected), P37685 (1), P37686 (1), P37687 (1), P37688 (1). •Valid as Malakichthys formosus Ng, Liu & Joung 2023. Current status: Valid as Malakichthys formosus Ng, Liu & Joung 2023. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern South China Sea, southwestern Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

griseus, Malakichthys Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:240 [32], Pl. 2 (figs. 1-1a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 47 (pt 1); ref. 4246] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: (several) NMW 10611 (1), 42204 (1), 54982 (2), 86227 (1); ?ZMB 12065 (1). On p. 32 of separate. Type information (ZMB) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:162 [ref. 26515]. •Valid as Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:686 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218] with Steindachner & Döderlein as authors, Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:521 [ref. 28006], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Larson et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Miyazaki et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37957], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

levis, Malakichthys Yamanoue [Y.] & Matsuura [K.] 2002:1140, Figs. 1, 2A, 3(A, D, G), 4A [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 69 (no. 3); ref. 25939] North of Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, 19°10.2'S-19°11.1'S, 116°16.1'E-116°20.0'E, depth 256 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 5188-27. Paratypes: AMS I.22807-054 (6); CSIRO CA 426 (1), CA 1782 (1), CA 1784 (1), H 4085-02 (1), H 5188-18 (4); NSMT-P 59934 (9); NTM S.12902-002 (6), S.13579-009 (5), S.13580-018 (2); WAM P.26795-001(2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117]. Date of publication is 2002. •Valid as Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002 -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:522 [ref. 28006], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Larson et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Northwestern to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

macrophthalmos, Plectropoma Tschudi [J. J. von] 1846:6 [Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana; ref. 4469] Lurin and Callao, Peru. Syntypes: (several) ZMB 291 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1987:50 [ref. 25858] as macrophthalmus and with ZMB 291 as holotype. •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) -- (Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], as macrophthalmus, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:304 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:355 [ref. 24555], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957] as macrophthalmus). •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) in Hemilutjanidae -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:132 [ref. 37354]). •Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846) in Malakichthyidae -- (Smith et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39586], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:310 [ref. 40819]). Current status: Valid as Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi 1846). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Peru south to Chile, includign Galapagos Islands (Equador). Habitat: marine.

macrops, Satsuma Smith [H. M.] & Pope [T. E. B.] 1906:472, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1489); ref. 4058] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype: USNM 55616. Paratypes: USNM 126626 (2). •Synonym of Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883 -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:521 [ref. 28006]). Current status: Synonym of Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

mochizuki, Malakichthys Yamanoue [Y.] & Matsuura [K.] 2002:1145, Figs. 3 (B, E. H), 4B, 6. [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 69 (no. 3); ref. 25939] East of Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, 18°03'S, 147°10'E, depth 320-360 meters. Holotype: QM I.32150. Paratypes: NTM S.11754-006 (5), 11755-015 (5); QM I.15799 (1), I.25299 (11). Date of publication is 2002. •Valid as Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002 -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:523 [ref. 28006], Paxton et al. 2006:978 [ref. 28994]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Queensland, Australia. Habitat: marine.

pacificus, Neoscombrops Mochizuki [K.] 1979:247, Fig. 1A [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 26 (no. 3); ref. 8802] Aogashima Island, Japan, 32°25'N, 139°47'E, depth 300-500 meters. Holotype: ZUMT 52879. Paratypes: SMBL 73201-03 (1, 1, 1) [not seen at FAKU]; ZUMT 52880-81 (1, 1). •Valid as Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki 1979 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Mochizuki & Sano 1984:337 [ref. 5188], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:687 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:687 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Yamanoue et al. 2009:400 [ref. 30547], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709]). •Valid as Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki 1979) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2388 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Valid as Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki 1979). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western and central North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

pseudomicrolepis, Synagrops Schultz [L. P.] 1940:420 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 88 (no. 3085); ref. 3952] Off Virgin Islands, West Indies, 18°38'45"N, 64°52'45"W to 18°40'15"N, 64°50'15"W. Holotype (unique): USNM 107203. •Valid as Synagrops pseudomicrolepis Schultz 1940 -- (Stella Mejía et al. 2001:204 [ref. 40798], Heemstra & Yamanoue 2003:1302 [ref. 35184], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:143 [ref. 37485]). •Valid as Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz 1940) -- (Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017:58 [ref. 35293], Schwarzhans et al. 2020:595 [ref. 37392], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353]). Current status: Valid as Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz 1940). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cuba south to Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

similis, Malakichthys Yamanoue [Y.] & Matsuura [K.] 2004:524, Figs. 1F, 9 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 65 (no. 2); ref. 28006] 8°37.6'N, 124°35.0'E, north of Macabalan Pt., Mindanao Island, Bohol Sea, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 184144. Paratypes: USNM 367114 (10). •Valid as Malakichthys similis Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004. Current status: Valid as Malakichthys similis Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Bohol Sea, Philippines. Habitat: marine.

sordidus, Verilus Poey [F.] 1860:125, Pl. 12 (fig. 6) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Neotype: MCZ 21764. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:198 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 21764 as holotype. Neotype selected by Yamanoue et al. 2009:402 [ref. 30547]. •Valid as Verilus sordidus Poey 1860 -- (Cervigón 1992:357 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:158 [ref. 24474], Heemstra & Yamanoue 2003:1302 [ref. 35184], Bunkley-Williams & Williams 2004:105 [ref. 27795], Yamanoue et al. 2009:403 [ref. 30547], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:63 [ref. 31056], Yamanoue 2016:2390 [ref. 34736], Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017:58 [ref. 35293]). Current status: Valid as Verilus sordidus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas to Brazil. Habitat: marine.

starnesi, Verilus Yamanoue [Y.] 2016:2392, Figs. 2F, 4F, 5F, 12 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 89 (no. 5); ref. 34736] Coral Sea off Bellona Reefs, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1994-0016. •Valid as Verilus starnesi Yamanoue 2016. Current status: Valid as Verilus starnesi Yamanoue 2016. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

wakiyae, Malakichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:233, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 58754 [ex CM 7863]. Paratypes: AMNH 26804 (1), CAS-SU 23815 (4), UMMZ 142701 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:91 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:70 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:459, 663 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:686 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:526 [ref. 28006], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:113 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:52 [ref. 37637], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs 1925. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan); New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.