Species that contain: Maurolicus and muelleri [ 7 ] records

amethystinopunctatus, Maurolicus Cocco [A.] 1838:193 [33], Pl. 8 (fig. 12) [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna Anno 1, Tomo 2 (fasc. 9); ref. 865] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Mentioned on p. 192 as Scopelus amethistino-punctatus and on p. 193 in main account as Maurolicus Amethystino-punctatus and as Scopelus (Maurolicus) amethystino-punctatus on p. 194. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:119 [ref. 7172], Quéro et al. 1990:279 [ref. 14659], Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco 1838 -- (Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:89 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:192 [ref. 22246], Santos et al. 1997:32 [ref. 23531], Porteiro et al. 1999:29 [ref. 24203] as amestinopunctatus, Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Lima et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31116], Harold 2016:1795 [ref. 34568], Carneiro et al. 2019:90 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco 1838. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic; southeastern Pacific: off Chile. Habitat: marine.

borealis, Scopelus Nilsson [S.] 1832:20 [Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae; ref. 3204] Western Norway. No types known. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:119 [ref. 7172], Quéro et al. 1990:279 [ref. 14659], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:80 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:190 [ref. 22246]). Current status: Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789). Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Maurolicus Ishikawa [C.] 1915:183, Pls. 12-13 [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 14999] Uodan [Uodu], Japan, Japanese Sea, depth usually 200-300 fathoms. Syntypes: (34) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172]). •Synonym of Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915 -- (Peden et al. 1985:4 [ref. 24081], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:97 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:193 [ref. 22246], Nakabo 2000:312 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:312 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:404 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:170 [ref. 28379], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:237 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:65 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia), Pacific coast of Japan; Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

maurolici, Scopelus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:439 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Quéro et al. 1990:279 [ref. 14659]). •Synonym of Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco 1838 -- (Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:89 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:192 [ref. 22246]). Current status: Synonym of Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco 1838. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Habitat: marine.

muelleri, Salmo Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1378 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Söndmör, Norway. No types known. Originally mülleri, change mandatory. Apparently spelled mullaeri by Krøyer 1838 (not researched). •Valid as Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:119 [ref. 7172], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:311 [ref. 13675], Dor 1984:45 [ref. 29757], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:47 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:147, 336 [ref. 8057], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:90 [ref. 14235], Weitzman 1986:254 [ref. 6287], Scott & Scott 1988:166 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:192 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:94 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:90 [ref. 14674], Aizawa in Amaoka et al. 1990:115 [ref. 16024], Quéro et al. 1990:278 [ref. 14659], Boschung 1992:68 [ref. 23239] as mulleri, Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:80 [ref. 21208], Boehlert et al. 1994:57 [ref. 21137], Goren & Dor 1994:11 [ref. 25356], Golani 1996:23 [ref. 22271], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:190 [ref. 22246], Shinohara et al. 1996:161 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:32 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:33 [ref. 24952], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:8 [ref. 24670], Fricke 1999:88 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:29 [ref. 24203], Fricke 1999:20 [ref. 24101], Suneetha et al. 2000:1606 [ref. 40923], Shinohara et al. 2001:296 [ref. 25995], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:41 [ref. 26753], Choi et al. 2003:197, 532 [ref. 26218], Duhamel et al. 2005:126 [ref. 32059], Golani 2005:21 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:57 [ref. 29533], Kim et al. 2008:1202 [ref. 29709], Møller et al. 2010:29 [ref. 31169], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649], Lima et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31116], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33547], Bañón et al. 2016:308 [ref. 34397], Nión et al. 2016:35 [ref. 35565], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36370], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:13 [ref. 37519], Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969], Sutton et al. 2020:74 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:54 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:22 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:57 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:168 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789). Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Atlantic: Arctic region south to Namibia. Habitat: marine.

pennanti, Argentina Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:47 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] England. No types known. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Quéro et al. 1990:279 [ref. 14659], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:80 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:190 [ref. 22246]). Current status: Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789). Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Habitat: marine.

pennantii, Scopelus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:436 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Coasts of Sheppy, England. No types known. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Lipej & Dulčić 2010:22 [ref. 36649] as pennanti). Current status: Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789). Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Habitat: marine.