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Species in the genus Acanthistius: [ 15 ] records

aculeatum, Plectropoma Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:523 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] "Banc des Aiguilles" [not Agulhas Bank, southern Africa]; actual is almost certainly Brazil. Holotype: MNHN 0000-7675. Type catalog and locality information: Bauchot et al. 1984:20 [ref. 19232]. See Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720] for recent remarks on the type locality. •Synonym of Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier 1828). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

brasilianum, Plectropoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:397 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] 15°S, 35°E [incorrect], east of Ilheus, Bahia State, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4540 (1), 0000-6407 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:20 [ref. 19232], Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:94 [ref. 25942], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27192], Irigoyen et al. 2008:53 [ref. 29703], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:13 [ref. 31956], Nión et al. 2016:46 [ref. 35565], Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho 2023:112 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier 1828). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to northern Argentina. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cinctum, Plectropoma Günther [A.] 1859:162 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Norfolk Island. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.9.19.1381. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]. Also listed was Plate XIII. fig. A, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." •Valid as Acanthistius cinctus (Günther 1859) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:174 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Hoese & Bray 2006:1031 [ref. 29000], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:113 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1182 [ref. 34193], Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius cinctus (Günther 1859). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Australia to northern New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

cuvierii, Serranus Smith [A.] 1832:20 [The South African Quarterly Journal No. 5, for Oct.1831; ref. 30409] Southeast coast of Australia, particularly Algoa Bay [Cape Province, South Africa]. No types known. Predates Serranus marginatus Lowe 1834; not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority according to ICZN Art. 23.9 in favor of Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834). But Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720] regards the species as a nomen dubium, probably in Acanthistius. •Nomen dubium in Acanthistius -- (Heemstra 2010:61 [ref. 30720] dated 1831). Parenti & Randall 2020:130 [ref. 37354] Nomen Dubium. Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

cyanostigma, Plectropoma Günther [A.] 1859:161 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Australian seas. Syntypes: (6) BMNH 1846.10.22.1 (right half skin), 1847.6.17.3 (right half skin), 1847.6.17.22 (right half skin), 1848.10.25.7 (1, stuffed), 1848.10.25.8 (right half skin). Also listed was Plate XII, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." Apparently not preoccupied by Plectropoma cyanostigma Bleeker 1845 (not available), replaced by Plectropoma ocellatum Günther 1859. •Objective synonym of Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000]). •Incertae sedis in Percoidei based on placement of ocellatus -- (Smith & Craig 2007:45 [ref. 29042]). •Synonym of Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

fuscus, Acanthistius Regan [C. T.] 1913:368, Pl. 55 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 3); ref. 3652] Easter Island, southeastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1913.12.7.1. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]. •Valid as Acanthistius fuscus Regan 1913 -- (Rojas M. & Pequeño 1998:172 [ref. 23775], Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125], Anderson & Baldwin 2000:380 [ref. 24574], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:13 [ref. 31956], Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius fuscus Regan 1913. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island and Sala y Gómez Island. Habitat: marine.

joanae, Acanthistius Heemstra [P. C.] 2010:61, Figs. 1-5 [Zootaxa No. 2352; ref. 30720] Off Umdloti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 80 meters. Holotype: SAIAB 26401. Paratypes: (many) BPBM, SAIAB, SAM, USNM. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]. •Valid as Acanthistius joanae Heemstra 2010 -- (Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:88 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius joanae Heemstra 2010. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

myriaster, Plectropoma Steindachner [F.] 1866:50 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 20460] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: NMW 38909 (2). Appeared first in the abstract as above, then in Steindachner 1866:426, [p. 3 of separate] Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [ref. 4210]. •Synonym of Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatum, Plectropoma Günther [A.] 1859:504 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Australian seas. Syntypes: (6) BMNH 1846.10.22.1 (right half skin), 1847.6.17.3 (right half skin), 1847.6.17.22 (right half skin), 1848.10.25.7 (1, stuffed), 1848.10.25.8 (right half skin). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146]. Replacement name for Plectropoma cyanostigma Günther 1859, preoccupied by Plectropoma cyanostigma Bleeker 1845. •Valid as Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859) but incertae sedis in Percoidei -- (Smith & Craig 2007:45 [ref. 29042], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000], Roberts & Gomon 2008:536 [ref. 30641], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson 2018:5 [ref. 36146]). •Valid as Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:128 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:528 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:102 [ref. 25488], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2469 [ref. 24815], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther 1859). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New South Wales (Australia) and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

pardalotus, Acanthistius Hutchins [J. B.] 1981:493, Figs. 1B, 2 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 5583] Rock pool at mouth of Murchison River, Kalbarri, 27°42'S, 114°12'E, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.5113-001. Paratypes: AMS I.21432-001 (1); BMNH 1980.3.24.1 (1); WAM P.3784-001 (1), P.4465-001 (1), P.4502-001 (1), P.4791-001 (1), P.4792-001 (1), P.5577-001 (1), P.5777-001 (1), P.14532-001 (1), P.14533-001 (1), P.16775-001 (1), P.26664-004 (1), P.26825-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:17 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins 1981 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Hoschke et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36626], Parenti & Randall 2020:6 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins 1981. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia endemic. Habitat: marine.

patachonica, Plectropoma Jenyns [L.] 1840:11 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Rio de la Plata mouth (depth 40 fathoms) and Patagonia coast, 38°S, 55°W. Syntypes: BMNH 1917.7.14.34-35 (2), 1917.7.25.4 (1, dry, on wood). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]. •Valid as Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:196 [ref. 14235], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27192], Irigoyen et al. 2008:54 [ref. 29703], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:13 [ref. 31956], Nión et al. 2016:46 [ref. 35565] dated 1842, Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho 2023:112 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns 1840). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: São Paulo (Brazil) south to Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina). Habitat: marine.

paxtoni, Acanthistius Hutchins [J. B.] & Kuiter [R. H.] 1982:128, Fig. 1 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 10 (pt 2); ref. 5373] Seal Rocks, 32°26'S, 152°32'E, New South Wales, Australia, depth 64 meters. Holotype: AMS I.21555-001. Paratypes: AMS I.16997-001 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]. •Valid as Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter 1982 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:128 [ref. 23929], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter 1982. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.

pictum, Plectropoma Tschudi [J. J. von] 1846:5 [Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana; ref. 4469] Coast of middle Peru; market at Valparaíso, Chile. Syntypes: (several) ZMB 290 (1). Type catalog: Kottelat 1987:50 [ref. 25858] with ZMB 290 as holotype, Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]. •Valid as Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi 1846) -- (Rojas & Pequeño 1998:174 [ref. 23775], Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:349 [ref. 24555], Anderson & Baldwin 2000:380 [ref. 24574], Béarez & Jiménez Prado 2003:109 [ref. 37318], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:13 [ref. 31956], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi 1846). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Habitat: marine.

sebastoides, Serranus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:3 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Algoa Bay, 33°58'54"S, 25°41'42"E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean [Algoa Bay and Simon's Bay = False Bay]. Neotype: SAIAB 85233. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:48 [ref. 19232], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]. Original as sebastoïdes. Neotype selected by Heemstra 2010:64 [ref. 30720]; original 2 syntypes lost. •Valid as Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau 1861) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:510 [ref. 5667], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:155 [ref. 25472], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:159 [ref. 28072], Heemstra 2010:64 [ref. 30720], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:13 [ref. 31956], Anderson 2018:6 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:89 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau 1861). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to Maputo (southern Mozambique). Habitat: marine.

serratum, Plectropoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:399 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] King George Sound, Western Australia. Holotype: MNHN 0000-7789. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:22 [ref. 19232], Anderson 2018:7 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:530 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:1032 [ref. 29000], Roberts & Gomon 2008:537 [ref. 30641], Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720], Anderson 2018:7 [ref. 36146], Hoschke et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36626], Parenti & Randall 2020:7 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier 1828). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia, South Australia. Habitat: marine.