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Species in the genus Akarotaxis: [ 2 ] records

nudiceps, Bathydraco Waite [E. R.] 1916:27, Pl. 1 (fig. 3); Fig. 4 [Scientific Report, Australasian Antarctic Expedition v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 4568] Mary Land, off Shackleton Ice Shelf, 65°20'S, 95°27'E, Antarctica, depth 240 fathoms. Holotype: SAMA F369. Paratypes: AMS IA.484-5. Type catalog: Glover 1976:173 [ref. 19449]. •Valid as Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite 1916) -- (Gon 1990:364 [ref. 21680], Miller 1993:357 [ref. 21297], Pequeño 1997:84 [ref. 23536], Eastman & Eakin 2000:17 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S98 [ref. 29555], Balushkin & Voskoboinikova 2011:122 [ref. 33669], Eastman & Eakin 2021:[4] [ref. 38307]). Current status: Valid as Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite 1916). Bathydraconidae: Bathydraconinae. Distribution: South Atlantic and Southern Ocean: South Georgia, South Shetland Islands and circum-Antarctic. Habitat: marine.

wohlschlagi, Bathydraco DeWitt [H. H.] & Tyler [J. C.] 1960:175, Figs. 2-4 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 11906] Southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica, depth 300-400 fathoms. Holotype: CAS-SU 53612 [? now in USNM]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 53613 (1). •Synonym of Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite 1916) -- (Gon 1990:365 [ref. 21680], Miller 1993:357 [ref. 21297], Balushkin & Voskoboinikova 2011:122 [ref. 33669]). Current status: Synonym of Akarotaxis nudiceps (Waite 1916). Bathydraconidae: Bathydraconinae. Habitat: marine.