Species that contain: Kaupichthys and hyoproroides [ 4 ] records

atlanticus, Kaupichthys Böhlke [J. E.] 1956:66, Pl. 7; Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 108; ref. 12180] About 3/4 mile west of Delaporte Point, north shore of New Providence Island, Bahamas, 25°05'04"N, 77°26'54"W. Holotype: ANSP 73687. Paratypes: ANSP 73688-91 (1, 1, 1, 1), 73692-95 (4, 4, 1, 5), 73696-700 (1 ea.), 73716 (1), 73702 (orig. 6, now 5); BMNH 1956.6.30.2 [ex ANSP 73702] (1); FMNH 48954 (1); USNM 92763 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:165 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:50 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896) -- (Smith 1989:88 [ref. 13285], Randall et al. 1990:33 [ref. 15987]). Current status: Synonym of Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896). Chlopsidae. Habitat: marine.

diodontus, Kaupichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1943:50, Pl. 6, Fig. 5i [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef at Siulagi Point, Tau Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 115980. Paratypes: MCZ 37284 [ex USNM 115981] (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:4 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896) -- (Smith 1989:88 [ref. 13285]). •Possibly valid -- (Smith 1994:4 [ref. 21917], Myers 1999:42 [ref. 23965], Mundy 2005:112 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz 1943 -- (Randall et al. 1997:33 [ref. 25919], Smith 1999:1640 [ref. 24661], Randall 1999:5 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Randall & Earle 2000:6 [ref. 25806], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:610 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Paxton et al. 2006:242 [ref. 28994], Randall 2007:72 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Hubert et al. 2012:3 [ref. 31846], Allen & Erdmann 2012:74 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:32 [ref. 35805], Allen & Erdmann 2024:82 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz 1943. Chlopsidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

hyoproroides, Leptocephalus Strömman [P. H.] 1896:39, Pl. 4 (figs. 5-6) [Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala; ref. 4294] Central North Atlantic, north of the Bahamas, 27°N, 73°W. Holotype (unique): ZMUU 702. Type catalog: Wallin 1996:61 [ref. 32133]. •Valid as Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896) -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:187 [ref. 5644], Robins & Ray 1986:56 [ref. 23100], Paxton et al. 1989:138 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:88 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:934 [ref. 13285], Winterbottom et al. 1989:6 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:33 [ref. 15987], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:64 [ref. 22017], Fricke 1999:39 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:130 [ref. 25013], Nakabo 2000:194 [ref. 25086], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27754], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:194 [ref. 26001], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:698 [ref. 26989], Smith et al. 2003:9 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:60 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:111 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:242 [ref. 28994] restricted to Atlantic, Shao et al. 2008:237 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:14 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Page et al. 2013:60 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33932], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:23 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:4 [ref. 34324], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Tighe 2022:81 [ref. 39683], Carvalho-Filho 2023:49 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896). Chlopsidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Caribbean Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Saint Brandon's Shoals and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Kaupichthys diodontus Matsubara [K.] & Asano [H.] 1960:293, Figs. 1, 2A-B [Copeia 1959 (no. 4); ref. 11928] Near Kametsu, Tokunoshima, Amami Islands, Japan. Holotype: FAKU [ex SMBL 1748]. Paratypes: FAKU [ex SMBL 1749] (1). •Synonym of Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman 1896) -- (Smith 1989:88 [ref. 13285]). •Valid as Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano 1960 -- (Tighe in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Ho et al. 2015:143 [ref. 34130]). Current status: Valid as Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano 1960. Chlopsidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.