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Species in the genus Brachionichthys: [ 3 ] records

australis, Brachionichthys Last [P. R.], Gledhill [D. C.] & Holmes [B. H.] 2007:55, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 1666; ref. 29447] East of Disaster Bay, New South Wales, 37°18'S, 150°17'E, depth 125 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 4451-02. Paratypes: (39) at CSIRO, NMV, TMH. •Valid as Brachionichthys australis Last, Gledhill & Holmes 2007 -- (Last & Gomon 2008:375 [ref. 30638], Last & Gledhill 2009:13 [ref. 30518]). Current status: Valid as Brachionichthys australis Last, Gledhill & Holmes 2007. Brachionichthyidae. Distribution: Australia: Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Habitat: marine.

hirsutus, Lophius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804:202, 210, Pl. 55 (fig. 3) [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 12515] Probably Tasmania, Australia (as "Côtes sud de l'Australie"). Lectotype: MNHN A-4627. Paralectotypes: (1, not found). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:143 [ref. 6339]. Lectotype established by Le Danois 1964:139 [ref. 6571]. •Valid as Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède 1804) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:275 [ref. 12442], see Kuiter 1993:46 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:40 [ref. 25488], Bruce et al. 1999:370 [ref. 23944], Paxton et al. 2006:647 [ref. 28994], Last et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29447], Last & Gomon 2008:375 [ref. 30638], Last & Gledhill 2009:15 [ref. 30518]). Current status: Valid as Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède 1804). Brachionichthyidae. Distribution: Tasmania, Australia. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:434, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Tasmania, Australia (as "Côtes sud de l'Australie"). Lectotype: MNHN A-4627. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:142 [ref. 6339]. Lectotype selected by Le Danois 1964 [ref. 6571]. •Absolute synonym of Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède 1804) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:275 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:648 [ref. 28994], Last et al. 2007:61 [ref. 29447]). Current status: Synonym of Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède 1804). Brachionichthyidae. Habitat: marine.