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Species in the genus Emmelichthys: [ 7 ] records

cyanescens, Boxaodon Guichenot [A.] 1848:209, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Fauna Chilena.... in Gay.; ref. 1939] Valaparaiso, Chile. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9128. Type catalog: Bauchot 1974:989 [ref. 21548]. Spelled cianescens by Delfin 1900 [ref. 37395]. •Synonym of Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845, but a valid subspecies -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:381 [ref. 7057], Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:216 [ref. 14235], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125]). •Synonym of Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845 -- (Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360]). •Valid as Emmelichthys cyanescens (Guichenot 1948) -- (Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33406], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys cyanescens (Guichenot 1848). Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Juan Fernandez Islands and Chile. Habitat: marine.

elongatus, Emmelichthys Kotlyar [A. N.] 1982:48, Fig. [Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii [Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series] v. 87 (no. 1); ref. 8461] Nazca Ridge, 25°45'S, 85°27'W, Pacific, depth 135-300 meters. Holotype: ZMMU P-15095 (1 of 9, 190 mm). Paratypes: ZMMU P-15095 (8 of 9). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:82 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Emmelichthys elongatus Kotlyar 1982 -- (Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z 1993:342 [ref. 22360], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xii [ref. 21953], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33406], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys elongatus Kotlyar 1982. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific and Nazca Ridge. Habitat: marine.

karnellai, Emmelichthys Heemstra [P. C.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:384, Fig. 5b [Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research v. 28 (no. 3); ref. 7057] Off Kona coast at Honaunau, Hawaiian Islands, depth 275 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15080. Paratypes: AMS I.18467-001 (1); ANSP 84047 (1); BPBM 6643 (1), 17211 (1); CAS 29106 (1); USNM 214689 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:100 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall 1977 -- (Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098], Randall et al. 2002:157 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Mundy 2005:378 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:244 [ref. 30952], Hagiwara & Okabe 2012:29 [ref. 32089], Fricke et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33406], Akaike et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38808], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & Randall 1977. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Pacific: southern Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Izu Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island. Habitat: marine.

nitidus, Emmelichthys Richardson [J.] 1845:47, Pl. 29 (figs. 7-8) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Western Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1844.10.29.12 (right half skin), 1846.8.11.7 (1, stuffed). •Valid as Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:379 [ref. 7057], Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Heemstra 1986:637 [ref. 5660], Paulin et al. 1989:189 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:167 [ref. 36134], Yatsu in Amaoka et al. 1990:273 [ref. 16024], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:341 [ref. 22360], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:160 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:597 [ref. 22532], Andrew et al. 1995:21 [ref. 38009], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:298 [ref. 28072], Allen 2006:1190 [ref. 29089], Gomon 2008:585 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33406], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:114 [ref. 36167], Trnski 2015:1276 [ref. 34198], Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2530 [ref. 34618], Fricke et al. 2018:192 [ref. 35805], Heemstra 2022:26 [ref. 39870], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Tristan da Cunha Island; Southeastern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean: South Africa, southern Madagascar, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, southern Australia; southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia, New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

papillatus, Emmelichthys Girard [M. G.], Santos [M. D.] & Bemis [K. E.] 2024:99, Figs. 1-3B [ZooKeys No. 1196; ref. 40952] From Oton Fish Market, llikely captured off Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines, 11°N, 123°E. Holotype: PNM 15806 [ex KAUM-I 91845]. Paratypes: KAUM-I 193858 (1, ex USNM 424607), USNM 424606 (1). •Valid as Emmelichthys papillatus Girard, Santos & Bemis 2024. Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys papillatus Girard, Santos & Bemis 2024. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Emmelichthyops Trunov [I. A.] 1976:268 [233], Fig. 5 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 16 (no. 2) (art. 97); ref. 8648] Near St. Helena Island, southeastern Atlantic, 15°41'S, 6°59'W, depth 150 meters. Holotype: ZIN 42034. Paratypes: ZIN 42034a (1), 42062 (1) On p. 233 of English translation. •Valid as Emmelichthys ruber (Trunov 1976) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:386 [ref. 7057], Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Edwards & Glass 1987:640 [ref. 9166], Heemstra 1990:767 [ref. 18769], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:249 [ref. 25013], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Ruis-Carus et al. 2002:242 [ref. 26084], Heemstra 2003:1478 [ref. 27090], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:315 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33406], Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2531 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Heemstra 2022:26 [ref. 39870], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys ruber (Trunov 1976). Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to northern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena Island: southwestern Indian Ocean: Mascarene Ridge. Habitat: marine.

struhsakeri, Emmelichthys Heemstra [P. C.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:382, Fig. 5a [Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research v. 28 (no. 3); ref. 7057] Kealaikahiki Channel, 20°43.3'N, 156°49.8'W, Hawaiian Islands, depth 222 meters. Holotype: USNM 214690. Paratypes: AMS I.16564-005 (1), I.17244-001 (1), I.18468-001 (8); BMNH 1975.9.1.1 (1); BPBM 4051 (now 0, to AMS), 18846 (3), 18848-49 (4, 7); CSIRO A 4246; CAS-SU 67674 (2); USNM 214691-94 (10, 2, 2, 2); ZUMT 54056 [ex ABE 16710] (1), 54057 [ex ABE 16712] (1). •Valid as Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & Randall 1977 -- (Tameka in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 381 [ref. 8256], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:161 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:499, 683 [ref. 8056], Yatsu in Amaoka et al. 1990:275 [ref. 16024], Suzuki & Uno 1992:2 [ref. 24139], Suzuki & Hosokawa 1997:2 [ref. 24370], Yoshino et al. 1999:59 [ref. 24157], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Nakabo 2000:818 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25995], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098] as strusakeri, Nakabo 2002:818 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:336, 610 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:434 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:379 [ref. 28379], Allen 2006:1191 [ref. 29089], Randall 2007:244 [ref. 30952], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:262 [ref. 33330], Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33406], Motomura et al. 2017:128 [ref. 35490], Kim et al. 2020:131 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37637], Girard et al. 2024:106 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & Randall 1977. Emmelichthyidae. Distribution: Western and Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.