Species that contain: Anguilla and australis [ 4 ] records

australis, Anguilla Richardson [J.] 1841:22 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841 (pt 9); ref. 18626] Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia; Auckland Island Southern Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1848.3.18.236. Also described in Richardson 1844:157 [ref. 20295]. •Valid as Anguilla australis subspecies australis Richardson 1841 -- (Hammer et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32389]). •Valid as Anguilla australis Richardson 1841 -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:53 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:122 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:67 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:29 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:203 [ref. 22532], Aoyama et al. 1996:374 [ref. 24707], Beumer in McDowall 1996:39 [ref. 22909], Chilcott & Humphries 1996:145 [ref. 25528], McDowall et al. 1998:2 [ref. 23822], Marquet & Mary 1999:31 [ref. 23933], Smith 1999:1633 [ref. 24661], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471], Fuller et al. 1999:37 [ref. 25838], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:60 [ref. 25930], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Hammer & Walker 2004:88 [ref. 28129], Hoese & Gates 2006:236 [ref. 28997], Gomon 2008:157 [ref. 30616], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242], McDowall et al. 2015:221 [ref. 34232], Kuiter 2018:11 [ref. 36369], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Kuroki et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39912]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla australis Richardson 1841. Anguillidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

occidentalis, Anguilla australis forma Schmidt [E. J.] 1928:198, 203, Fig. 9d-f [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 18703] Eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Syntypes: (several) ?AMS IA.3995-97 (3) Lord Howe I. Appeared first as a postscript in Schmidt 1928:388 [ref. 18704] but without identifying characters. Described as a new "forma" along with A. a. orientalis, the forma occurring in New Zealand (for which features were provided). •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841 -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Paxton et al. 1989:122 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:304 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Gates 2006:236 [ref. 28997], Kuiter 2018:11 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

orientalis, Anguilla australis forma Schmidt [E. J.] 1928:388 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 58 (no. 4); ref. 18704] New Zealand. Syntypes: (several) Carlsberg Lab., Copenhagen or NMNZ. Name first mentioned in the postscript of the above reference, but treated in more detail in Schmidt 1928 [ref. 18703]. •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841, subspecies schmidtii Phillipps 1925 -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172] as schmidti). •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:122 [ref. 12442]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

schmidtii, Anguilla Phillipps [W. J.] 1925:30, Fig. 4 [The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 23932] Foxton, western coast of Wellington, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): NMNZ. •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841, but a valid subspecies -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Marquet & Mary 1999:31 [ref. 23933], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846] as schmidti and Phillips, Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Kuroki et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39912]). •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841 -- (Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:316 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.