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Species in the genus Avocettina: [ 11 ] records

acuticeps, Leptocephalus Regan [C. T.] 1916:140, Fig. 5 [British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913). Zoology v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 15063] South Atlantic off Brazil, 21°00'S, 37°50'W at surface. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1916.3.20.106. Described from a leptocephalus larva. •Valid as Avocettina acuticeps (Regan 1916) -- (Castle 1986:193 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:134 [ref. 12442], Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759], Trunov 1999:461 [ref. 24579] as cf. acuticeps, Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Paxton et al. 2006:285 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:170 [ref. 30621], Melo et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30460], Smith & Stewart 2015:264 [ref. 34234], Smith 2016:1678 [ref. 34556], Sutton et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37832], Koerber 2023:34 [ref. 40486]). Current status: Valid as Avocettina acuticeps (Regan 1916). Nemichthyidae. Distribution: Southern Hemisphere, except eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

bowersii, Labichthys Garman [S.] 1899:323, Pl. 64 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off (Pacific) Panama, 6°10'N, 83°06'W, Albatross station 3361, depth 1471 fathoms. Lectotype: MCZ 50076 (in 4 pieces). Paralectotypes: MCZ 28432 (1), ?50072 (1), 50077 (2). •Valid as Avocettina bowersii (Garman 1899) -- (Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290] as bowersi, Pequeño 1989:25 [ref. 14125] as bowersi, De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:239 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:126 [ref. 24555] as bowersi, Mecklenburg et al. 2002:125 [ref. 25968], Love et al. 2005:21 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:137 [ref. 28379], Fourriére et al. 2016:453 [ref. 34668], Cruz-Mena & Angulo 2016:1 [ref. 34749], Robertson et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35676], Love et al. 2021:37 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Avocettina bowersii (Garman 1899). Nemichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) south to central Chile; possibly south of the Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

elongatus, Labichthys Gill [T. N.] & Ryder [J. A.] 1883:262 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 6 (no. 381); ref. 1746] Off Massachusetts, U.S.A., 39°22'00"N, 68°34'30"W, Albatross station 2100, depth 0-1628 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 33577. Type catalog: Smith 1994:26 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Borodinula infans (Günther 1878) -- (Larsen 1973:232 [ref. 7187]). •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

exophthalma, Avocettina Parr [A. E.] 1932:16, Fig. 8 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16512] Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, 23°42'20"N, 76°43'20"W, 7000 feet wire out. Holotype: YPM 2656. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:22 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:200 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

gilli, Labichthys Bean [T. H.] 1890:45 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 795); ref. 229] East of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, U.S.A., 55°20'N, 136°20'W, Albatross station 2859, depth 0-1569 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 44239. Type catalog: Smith 1994:26 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:125 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2014:49 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

infans, Nemichthys Günther [A.] 1878:251 [24] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Mid-Atlantic, 5°48'N, 14°20'W, Challenger station 101, depth 2500 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.259. On p. 24 of separate. See also Günther 1887:264, Pl. 63 (fig. B) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Borodinula infans (Günther 1878) -- (Larsen 1973:232 [ref. 7187]). •Valid as Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Ida in Okamura et al. 1982:69, 322 [ref. 8256], Sakamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:69, 175 [ref. 8379], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:109, 326 [ref. 8057], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:552 [ref. 13676], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:68 [ref. 14235], Matarese et al. 1989:38 [ref. 26885], Paxton et al. 1989:134 [ref. 12442], Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1989:929 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:47 [ref. 14674], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759], Shinohara et al. 1994:53 [ref. 22800], Shinohara et al. 1996:158 [ref. 26605], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:239 [ref. 24545], Santos et al. 1997:22 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:56 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:287 [ref. 23897], Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:237 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:125 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:237 [ref. 26001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:742 [ref. 26989], Moore et al. 2003:174 [ref. 27076], Love et al. 2005:21 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:137 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:401 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:285 [ref. 28995], Shao et al. 2008:239 [ref. 29952], Costa & Mincarone 2010:353 [ref. 37483], Møller et al. 2010:21 [ref. 31169], Zhang et al. 2010:310 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31342], Maslenikov et al. 2013:2 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:49 [ref. 33547], Ho et al. 2015:164 [ref. 34130], Smith 2016:1678 [ref. 34556], Cruz-Mena & Angulo 2016:5 [ref. 34749], Burton & Lea 2019:35 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:67 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:286 [ref. 37272], Sutton et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37832], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:61 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:37 [ref. 39279], Eduardo et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:120 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.

major, Borodinula Karmovskaya [E. S.] 1977:198, Fig. 6 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova v. 109; ref. 13763] 38°59'S, 172°18'E. Holotype (unique): ZIN 43120. •Synonym of Avocettina acuticeps (Regan 1916) -- (Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina acuticeps (Regan 1916). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

normani, Avocettinops Bertin [L.] 1947:55 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 72 (no. 1); ref. 13765] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1939.5.24.581. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:130 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith 1990:200 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

oxycephalus, Leptocephalus Pappenheim [P.] 1914:190, Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 v. 15 (Zoologie v. 7); ref. 3361] North of Tristan da Cunha, 30°31'S, 18°57'W, depth 1 m; Indian Ocean, 25°S, 57°7'E, depth 20 meters. Syntypes: ZMB 19343 (1, poor condition), ?19345-49. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

paucipora, Avocettina Nielsen [J. G.] & Smith [D. G.] 1978:33, Fig. 19 [Dana Report No. 88; ref. 8901] South Pacific, 41°47'S, 176°65'E, 3000 meters wire. Holotype: ZMUC P311128. Paratypes: ISH 1225-1968 (1), 2194-1968 (1), 2195-1968 (1), 768-1976 (1), 453a-1976 (1); LACM 10672 (1), 11451 (1); NMNZ P.2498 (1), P.2499 (2 or 1), P.3981 (1), P.3982 (1), P.10429 (1); ZMUC P311129 (1), P311131-34 (1 ea.). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:7 [ref. 18942]. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650]). •Valid as Avocettina paucipora Nielsen & Smith 1978 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:193 [ref. 5644], Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Gomon et al. 1994:209 [ref. 22532], Fricke 1999:71 [ref. 24106], Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:237 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:237 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:401 [ref. 28370], Smith 2008:171 [ref. 30621], Smith & Stewart 2015:265 [ref. 34234], Koerber 2023:34 [ref. 40486]). Current status: Valid as Avocettina paucipora Nielsen & Smith 1978. Nemichthyidae. Distribution: Southern Ocean, except eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

schmidti, Avocettinops Roule [L.] & Bertin [L.] 1924:63 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 30 (no. 1); ref. 3828] Near Cuba, 23°13'N, 82°21'W, depth about 750 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P31193 (c&s). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:53 [ref. 9588], Bauchot et al. 1993:130 [ref. 20810]. Also in Roule & Bertin 1929:30, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [ref. 3829]. •Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878) -- (Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759]). Current status: Synonym of Avocettina infans (Günther 1878). Nemichthyidae. Habitat: marine.