Species that contain: Bembrops and caudimacula [ 2 ] records

adenensis, Bembrops Norman [J. R.] 1939:69, Fig. 24B [Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 6556] Gulf of Aden, northwestern Indian Ocean, station 194, depth 220 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1939.5.24.1232. Paratypes: BMNH 1939.5.24.1226-1231 (6), 1939.5.24.1233-1271 (orig. 40); USNM 109490 (1). •Valid as Bembrops adenensis Norman 1939 -- (Klausewitz 1980:17 [ref. 39510], Dor 1984:220 [ref. 29757], Klausewitz 1986:285 [ref. 39512], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Das et al. 2022:305 [ref. 39944]). •Possible synonym of Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock 1894) -- (Heemstra & Nelson 1986:738 [ref. 6304]). •Synonym of Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner 1876 -- (Das & Nelson 1996:20 [ref. 22554], Thompson & Suttkus 2002:284 [ref. 25991], Golani & Fricke 2018:134 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner 1876. Bembropidae. Habitat: marine.

caudimacula, Bembrops Steindachner [F.] 1876:212 [164] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW 6458. On p. 164 of separate. •Valid as Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner 1876 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:289 [ref. 6441], Das & Nelson 1996:20 [ref. 22554], Okiyama 1997:153 [ref. 23512], Lee & Kim 2000:31 [ref. 25725], Nelson in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1068 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nelson 2001:3516 [ref. 26284], Shinohara et al. 2001:329 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1068 [ref. 26193], Thompson & Suttkus 2002:287 [ref. 25991], Choi et al. 2003:385, 647 [ref. 26218], Hoese & Bray 2006:1501 [ref. 29000], Park et al. 2007:137 [ref. 36291], Larson et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:144 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:303 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:134 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:252 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:537 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:97 [ref. 37637], Das et al. 2022:306 [ref. 39944], Fermon et al. 2022:292 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner 1876. Bembropidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Madagascar east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Korea and southern and central Japan, south to northwestern Australia at 18°21'S, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.