johnsonii, Melanocetus Günther [A.] 1864:302 [1], Pl. 25 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2) (art. 6) (for 28 June 1864); ref. 5750] Sea of Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.7.18.6. On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864 [earlier authors used johnsoni] -- (Maul 1973:667 [ref. 7171], Amaoka in Amaoka et al. 1983:117, 197 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:258 [ref. 14275], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:108 [ref. 6441], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1376 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:375 [ref. 5704], Paxton et al. 1989:287 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:140 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:232 [ref. 14674] as johnsoni, Bertelsen 1990:492 [ref. 15654], Stearn & Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995:139 [ref. 22531], Swinney 1995:53 [ref. 22647], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:5 [ref. 23378], Santos et al. 1997:64 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:126 [ref. 24952] as johnsoni, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:865 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:110 [ref. 24106], Trunov 1999:464 [ref. 24579] as johnsoni, Pietsch 1999:2028 [ref. 24766] as johnsoni, Nakabo 2000:474 [ref. 25086] as johnsoni, Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], Nakabo 2002:474 [ref. 26001], Anderson & Leslie 2001:4 [ref. 26165], Pietsch 2003:1059 [ref. 27014], Moore et al. 2003:214 [ref. 27076], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27192] as johnsoni, Love et al. 2005:59 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:269 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:201 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:657 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2008:380 [ref. 30637], Pietsch 2009:361 [ref. 30766], Møller et al. 2010:45 [ref. 31169] as johnsoni, Parin et al. 2014:186 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:906 [ref. 34271], Ho et al. 2016:269 [ref. 34483], Pietsch 2016:2061 [ref. 34597], Robertson et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35676] as johnsoni, Banón et al. 2019:[2] 607 [ref. 38699], Burton & Lea 2019:52 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:215 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37729], Sutton et al. 2020:233 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:88 [ref. 39279], Mincarone et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38381], Eduardo et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:302 [ref. 39448] possible, Page et al. 2023:165 [ref. 40505], Reading & Horton 2023:16 [ref. 41317], Fricke et al. 2024:673 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Melanocetus johnsonii Günther 1864. Melanocetidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through cold temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.
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