Species that contain: Hoplostethus and atlanticus [ 4 ] records

atlanticus, Hoplostethus Collett [R.] 1889:306 [6], Pl. 3 (fig. 12) [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 14 (no. 6); ref. 18022] Florès, Azores, northeastern Atlantic, station 203, depth 1557 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-0101. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:12 [ref. 21544]. On p. 6 of separate. •Valid as Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889 -- (Nielsen 1973:340 [ref. 6885], Ehrich 1983:134 [ref. 37253], Kotlyar 1986:130 [ref. 6004], Heemstra 1986:411 [ref. 5660], Maul in Whitehead et al. 1986:750 [ref. 13676], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:164 [ref. 14235], Paxton et al. 1989:366 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:152 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Maul 1990:620 [ref. 17237], Shimizu in Amaoka et al. 1990:203 [ref. 16024], Kotlyar 1993:193 [ref. 21209], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:149 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:402 [ref. 22532], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1995:145 [ref. 22531], Kotlyar 1996:155 [ref. 23292], Santos et al. 1997:71 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:75 [ref. 24952], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Moore 2003:1187 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:220 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:769 [ref. 29074], Gomon 2008:423 [ref. 30616], Moore & Dodd 2010:137 [ref. 30876], Møller et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Fricke et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33920], Roberts & Gomon 2015:1013 [ref. 34279], Afonso et al. 2016:39, 171 [ref. 36199], Bañón et al. 2016:319 [ref. 34397], Moore 2016:2190 [ref. 34570], Martins & Carneiro 2018:49 [ref. 36550], Carneiro et al. 2019:154 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:64 [ref. 38883], Fermon et al. 2022:204 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:106 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889. Trachichthyidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate oceans; in eastern Pacific only off Chile. Habitat: marine.

gilchristi, Hoplostethus Smith [J. L. B.] 1935:182, Pl. 22 (fig. E) [Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown v. 4; ref. 4066] Off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, western Indian Ocean, depth 300 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 46 [ex AMG]. •Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889 -- (Kotlyar 1986:130 [ref. 6004], Heemstra 1986:411 [ref. 5660], Maul 1990:620 [ref. 17237], Kotlyar 1996:156 [ref. 23292]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889. Trachichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

islandicus, Hoplostethus Kotthaus [A.] 1952:66, Fig. 2 [Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 12781] Ingolfshöfdi, Iceland, 460 or 180 meters. Holotype: ZMH H1. Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:161 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:405 [ref. 21161]. See Kotthaus 1953:81 [ref. 21482] for type information. •Valid as Hoplostethus islandicus Kotthaus 1952 -- (Nielsen 1973:341 [ref. 6885]). •Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889 -- (Maul in Whitehead et al. 1986:750 [ref. 13676], Kotlyar 1986:130 [ref. 6004], Maul 1990:621 [ref. 17237], Kotlyar 1996:156 [ref. 23292]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889. Trachichthyidae. Habitat: marine.

spinulosus, Leiogaster atlanticus var. Roule [L.] 1916:15 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 320; ref. 3818] Santa Cruz, Azores, northeastern Atlantic, station 703, depth 1360 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-0362. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:12-13 [ref. 21544]. •Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889 -- (Maul 1990:620 [ref. 17237], Kotlyar 1996:156 [ref. 23292], Santos et al. 1997:71 [ref. 23531]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889. Trachichthyidae. Habitat: marine.