Species that contain: Oplegnathus and woodwardi [ 2 ] records

australis, Hoplegnathus Regan [C. T.] 1916:169 [Annals of the Durban Museum v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 12509] Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH. •Synonym of Oplegnathus woodwardi Waite 1900 -- (Bray & Hoese 2006:1349 [ref. 29049]). Current status: Synonym of Oplegnathus woodwardi Waite 1900. Oplegnathidae. Habitat: marine.

woodwardi, Hoplegnathus Waite [E. R.] 1900:212, Pl. 37 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 14739] Swan River, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.4215. Original genus should have been Oplegnathus. •Valid as Oplegnathus woodwardi Waite 1900 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:637 [ref. 22532], Bray & Hoese 2006:1349 [ref. 29049] with a holotype, Gomon 2008:620 [ref. 30616], Stewart & Trnksi 2015:1335 [ref. 34206], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458] in family Kyphosidae, Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Oplegnathus woodwardi Waite 1900. Oplegnathidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.