Species that contain: Gonichthys and barnesi [ 2 ] records

barnesi, Gonichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1943:174, Fig. 6 [Australian Zoologist v. 10 (pt 2); ref. 4703] Cast up on Blinkenthorpe Beach, Lord Howe Island. Holotype: AMS IA.953. Paratypes: AMS IA.952 (12), IA.2650 (9), IB.2776-78 (1, 1, 1), IB.4158 (11), IB.4160-61 (1, 1); CAS 52178 [ex SU] (2). •See Santos et al. 1997:46 [ref. 23531]. •Valid as Gonichthys barnesi Whitley 1943 -- (Paxton 1979:11 [ref. 6440], Paxton et al. 1989:261 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:37 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:115 [ref. 24556], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27192], Paxton et al. 2006:519 [ref. 28994], Paxton & Bray 2008:280 [ref. 30633], Robertson & Clements 2015:652 [ref. 34257], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:66 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:188 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Gonichthys barnesi Whitley 1943. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

coruscans, Myctophum Richardson [J.] 1845:40, Pl. 27 (figs. 1-5) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Between St. Helena and Ascension Island; and between Australia and New Zealand. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Gonichthys barnesi Whitley 1943 -- (Paxton 1979:11 [ref. 6440], see Mundy 2005:221 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Uncertain as Gonichthys barnesi Whitley 1943. Myctophidae: Myctophinae. Habitat: marine.