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Species in the genus Gorgasia: [ 14 ] records


barnesi, Gorgasia Robison [B. H.] & Lancraft [T. M.] 1984:404, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1984 (no. 2); ref. 6812] Gunong Api, Banda Islands, Indonesia, Banda Sea, 4°30'S, 129°52'E, depth 6 meters. Holotype: LACM 37338-1. Paratypes: CAS 52178 (2), LACM 37338-2 (8, ?now 5), USNM 257771 (4). Type catalog: Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Gorgasia barnesi Robison & Lancraft 1984 -- (Shao 1990:14 [ref. 19169], Allen 1997:58 [ref. 23977], Castle & Randall 1999:31 [ref. 24042], Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Greenfield & Niesz 2004:375 [ref. 27900], Allen & Erdmann 2010:136 [ref. 30467], Allen & Erdmann 2012:114 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia barnesi Robison & Lancraft 1984. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

cotroneii, Leptocephalus D'Ancona [U.] 1928:47, Pl. 3 (figs. 6-8b) [Memoria, Reale Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 146; ref. 15917] Port Sudan, Sudan, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): MSNVE P-5. •Valid as Leptocephalus cotroneii D'Ancona 1928 -- (Dor 1984:34 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356]). •In genus Gorgasia -- (Castle 1997:10 [ref. 22878]). •Mention -- (Castle & Randall 1999:45 [ref. 24042]). •Valid as Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona 1928) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona 1928). Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

galzini, Gorgasia Castle [P. H. J.] & Randall [J. E.] 1999:34, Fig. 22 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 30; ref. 24042] Off Japtan Island, lagoon side, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, about 11°30'N, 162°15'E. Holotype: BPBM 38405. Paratypes: AMS 3885000 (1); BPBM 17457 (1), 30864 (5), 35736 (3), 38406 (6); CAS 201487 (1); USNM 349981 (1); WAM P.28540-011 (5). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:5 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Gorgasia galzini Castle & Randall 1999 -- (Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495] with wrong authorship, Randall 2005:27 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:295 [ref. 28997], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia galzini Castle & Randall 1999. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

hawaiiensis, Gorgasia Randall [J. E.] & Chess [J. R.] 1980:19, Figs. 1-3 [Pacific Science v. 33 (no. 1); ref. 6924] 100 meters north of Waawaa Point, south of Puako, Kona coast of Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 18 meters. Holotype: BPBM 21074. Paratypes: AMS I.20104-001 (1); ANSP 109646 (1); BMNH 1978.2.21.1 (1); BPBM 21075-76 (6, 7); CAS 40722 (1); SIO 69-430-26 (1); SMF 14102 [not 14052] (1); USNM 218333 (1); ZUMT 54065 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:65 [ref. 13621], Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917], Aizawa et al. 2022:145 [ref. 39647]. Date of publication in 1980 -- see Mundy 2005:142 [ref. 28379]. •Valid as Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall & Chess 1980 -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Shao 1990:11 [ref. 19169], Castle & Randall 1999:36 [ref. 24042], Mundy 2005:142 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:57 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall & Chess 1980. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

inferomaculatus, Leptocephalus Blache [J.] 1977:145, Fig. 48 [Faune Tropicale No. 20; ref. 22893] Gulf of Guinea, Gabon, 0°00'N/S, 8°29'E. Holotype: MNHN. Paratypes: (11) MNHN. •Valid, probably in Heterocongrinae -- (Smith 1989:739 [ref. 13285]). •In genus Gorgasia (Castle 1997:9 [ref. 22878]). •Valid as Gorgasia inferomaculata (Blache 1977) -- (Castle & Randall 1999:7 [ref. 24042], Smith 2002:833 [ref. 26549] by implication, Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27192], Fermon et al. 2022:120 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia inferomaculata (Blache 1977). Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Gabon. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Gorgasia Abe [T.], Miki [M.] & Asai [M.] 1977:1, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists) No. 28; ref. 7225] Near Hachijo-Kojima, 33°07'N, 139°42'E, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 53977. Paratypes: (13) ANSP 139242 (1), BPBM 21149 [ex ZUMT] (1), CAS 40744 (1), RMNH 27691 (1), SMF 14310 (1), USNM 218468 (1), ZUMT 53978 (1), ZUMT 53979 (1), ZUMT ABE 17532 (1), ZUMT ABE 17198 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:65 [ref. 13621], Aizawa et al. 2022:146 [ref. 39647]. •Valid as Gorgasia japonica Abe, Miki & Asai 1977 -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Shao 1990:11 [ref. 19169], Nakabo 2000:234 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:234 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Zhang et al. 2010:219 [ref. 31511], Ho et al. 2015:147 [ref. 34130], Smith & Stewart 2015:282 [ref. 34234]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia japonica Abe, Miki & Asai 1977. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific; southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

klausewitzi, Gorgasia Quéro [J.-C.] & Saldanha [L.] 1995:80, Fig. 4 [Cybium v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 22017] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, 21°04.7'S, 55°11.6'E, depth 170-225 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1993-0003 (damaged). •Valid as Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro & Saldanha 1995 -- (Castle & Randall 1999:40 [ref. 24042], Fricke 1999:70 [ref. 24106], Castle 1999:415 [ref. 24044], Fricke et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:114 [ref. 31980], Smith & Heemstra 2022:93 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro & Saldanha 1995. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Comoros, western Mascarenes (La Réunion and Mauritius); Andaman Islands (India). Habitat: marine.

maculata, Gorgasia Klausewitz [W.] & Eibl-Eibesfeldt [I.] 1959:147, Figs. 13, 14, 17 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 40 (nos 3/4); ref. 2616] Tillanchong, entrance to Castle Bay, Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SMF 4619. •Valid as Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959 -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Winterbottom et al. 1989:11 [ref. 13251], Shao 1990:1 [ref. 19169], Castle 1997:15 [ref. 22878], Castle & Randall 1999:19 [ref. 24042], Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Smith 2002:832 [ref. 26549], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2010:136 [ref. 30467], Allen & Erdmann 2012:114 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33932], Daly et al. 2018:4 [ref. 35897], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673], Smith & Heemstra 2022:93 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes (Seychelles), western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Maldives east to Philippines and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

naeocepaeus, Taenioconger Böhlke [J. E.] 1951:32, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1951 (no. 1); ref. 12350] Patalon, Zamboanga Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 16052. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16051 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:49 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gorgasia naeocepaeus (Böhlke 1951) -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Shao 1990:1 [ref. 19169]). •Valid as Gorgasia naeocepaena [sic] (Böhlke 1951) -- (Castle & Randall 1999:43 [ref. 24042]). •Valid as Gorgasia naeocepaea (Böhlke 1951) -- (Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661] as neocepea, Allen & Erdmann 2010:136 [ref. 30467], Allen & Erdmann 2012:115 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia naeocepaea (Böhlke 1951). Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

preclara, Gorgasia Böhlke [J. E.] & Randall [J. E.] 1981:379, Figs. 1E, 4C, 5 lower left, 8 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 31 (no. 2); ref. 8631] Sumilon Island, east of southern end of Cebu Island, Philippines, depth 24-29 meters. Holotype: BPBM 21012. Paratypes: ANSP 142710 (1, c&s), 142711-14 (4), 142732 (1); BPBM 21013 (1), 21015 (2), 22135 (4), 22597 (1); CAS 45890 (1); MNHN 1980-1191 (1); USNM 221381 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:65 [ref. 13621], Bauchot et al. 1993:115 [ref. 20810], Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Heteroconger preclara (Böhlke & Randall 1981) -- (Allen 1997:58 [ref. 23977]). •Valid as Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall 1981 -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917], Randall et al. 1997:494 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:58 [ref. 23965], Castle & Randall 1999:44 [ref. 24042], Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:234 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:234 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:612 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:28 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:295 [ref. 28997], Allen & Erdmann 2010:136 [ref. 30467], Allen & Erdmann 2012:115 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33932], Smith et al. 2015:305 [ref. 34209], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Smith & Heemstra 2022:94 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall 1981. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to Guam and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

punctata, Gorgasia Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:133, Pl. 6 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Chame Point, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: USNM 82222. Type catalog: Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand 1923 -- (Robison & Lancraft 1984:405 [ref. 6812], Raju 1985:10 [ref. 5287], Smith 1994:8 [ref. 21917], Allen & Robertson 1994:57 [ref. 22193], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1031 [ref. 22829], Castle & Randall 1999:7 [ref. 24042], Thomson et al. 2000:50 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:22 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand 1923. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

sillneri, Gorgasia Klausewitz [W.] 1962:433, Figs. 1-2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 43 (no. 6); ref. 5985] Coast of Aqaba, Jordan, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth about 10 meters. Holotype (unique): SMF 5683. •Valid as Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz 1962 -- (Dor 1984:34 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Castle & Randall 1999:46 [ref. 24042], Randall 2007:57 [ref. 30952], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Smith & Heemstra 2022:94 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz 1962. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

taiwanensis, Gorgasia Shao [K.-T.] 1990:4, Figs. 2-6 [Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists) No. 40; ref. 19169] Wan-li-tung, Hengchun, southern Taiwan, 21°58'N, 120°43'E, depth 22 meters. Holotype: ASIZP 056584. Paratypes: ASIZP 56585-86 (6, 9), BPBM 33506 (1), SMF 22498 (1), ZUMT 56359 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:23 [ref. 31432], Aizawa et al. 2022:147 [ref. 39647]. Appeared first without distinguishing characters in papers by the same author in 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1890. •Valid as Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao 1990 -- (Abe 1990:17 [ref. 16654], Castle & Randall 1999:47 [ref. 24042], Nakabo 2000:234 [ref. 25086], Smith in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:234 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Zhang et al. 2010:219 [ref. 31511], Ho & Shao 2011:23 [ref. 31432], Ho et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:147 [ref. 34130]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao 1990. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan to China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

thamani, Gorgasia Greenfield [D. W.] & Niesz [S.] 2004:373, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 55 (no. 17); ref. 27900] Koro Island, western side off Kade Village, 17°21.261'S,179°22.435'E, Fiji, depth 14-15.2 meters. Holotype: CAS 219365. Paratypes: AMS I.43260-001 (1), BHMH 2004.4.8.1 (1), BPBM 39441 (1), CAS 219366 (2), FMNH 113585 (1), NSMT-P68327 (1), SAIAB 74101 (1), USNM 376279 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Gorgasia thamani Greenfield & Niesz 2004. Current status: Valid as Gorgasia thamani Greenfield & Niesz 2004. Congridae: Heterocongrinae. Distribution: Fiji. Habitat: marine.


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