marleyi, Thyrsitoides Fowler [H. W.] 1929:256, Fig. 2 [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 1403] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:103 [ref. 13621] as not found in ANSP. •Valid as Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler 1929 -- (Nakamura in Okamura et al. 1982:265, 390 [ref. 8256], Dor 1984:261 [ref. 29757], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:227 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:539, 703 [ref. 8056], Nakamura 1986:828 [ref. 5696], Gon 1987:102 [ref. 21380], Nakamura & Parin 1993:56 [ref. 21769], Baranes & Golani 1993:311 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:69 [ref. 25356], Chen et al. 1997:158 [ref. 26476] dated 1829, Fricke 1999:559 [ref. 24106], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1340 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3708 [ref. 26304], Shinohara et al. 2001:332 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1340 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495] as Thyrisitoides, Parin 2003:S26 [ref. 28536], Randall et al. 2004:31 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:411 [ref. 28072], Shinohara et al. 2005:439 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:502 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1760 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2009:111 [ref. 30213], Larson et al. 2013:215 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:272 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:509 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:1615 [ref. 34196], Koeda et al. 2016:106 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:169 [ref. 36273], Sonoyama et al. 2020:112 [ref. 37637], Heemstra 2022:260 [ref. 40162]). Current status: Valid as Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler 1929. Gempylidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and New Zealand region. Habitat: marine.