Polymixiidae Bleeker, 1859 - Beardfishes [=Polymixioidei] Notes: Polymixioidei Bleeker, 1859D:XXII [Ref

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FAMILY Polymixiidae Bleeker, 1859 - beardfishes [=Polymixioidei] Notes: Polymixioidei Bleeker, 1859d:XXII [ref. 371] (family) Polymixia [stem changed to Polymix- by Poey 1876:205 [ref. 32247]; original stem is correct

GENUS Polymixia Lowe, 1836 - beardfishes [=Polymixia Lowe [R. T.], 1836:198, Dinemus Poey [F.], 1860:161, Nemobrama Valenciennes [A.], 1837:Pl. 8] Notes: [ref. 2828]. Fem. Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1838. Type by monotypy. Polymyxia is a misspelling. •Valid as Polymixia Lowe, 1836 – (Woods & Sonoda 1973:269 [ref. 6899], Nielsen 1973:336 [ref. 6885], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:115 [ref. 6441], Kotlyar 1984 [ref. 13450], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:738 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:432 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:362 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1992:11 [ref. 20773], Kotlyar 1996:63 [ref. 23292], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Olney 1999:1977 [ref. 24751], Moore 2003:961 [ref. 27002], Paxton et al. 2006:548 [ref. 28994]). Current status: Valid as Polymixia Lowe, 1836. Polymixiidae. (Dinemus) [ref. 3499]. Masc. Dinemus venustus Poey, 1860. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Polymixia Lowe, 1836 -- (Nielsen 1973:336 [ref. 6885], Woods & Sonoda 1973:269 [ref. 6899], Kotlyar 1996:63 [ref. 23292]). Current status: Synonym of Polymixia Lowe, 1836. Polymixiidae. (Nemobrama) [ref. 4502]. Fem. Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes, 1837. Type by monotypy. In text in 1843:40, plate published in May 1837; spelled consistently as Nemobrama. Misspelled Nemabrama by Jordan et al. 1930:234 [ref. 6476]. Nemobrama dates to the plate published May 1837 [text not published until 1844], making it older than Polymixia; we suggest retaining the widely-used Polymixia as a nomen protectum under Art. 23.9.2. •Synonym of Polymixia Lowe, 1836 -- (Nielsen 1973:336 [ref. 6885], Woods & Sonoda 1973: 269 [ref. 6899] as Nemabrama, Kotlyar 1996:63 [ref. 23292] as Nemabrama). Current status: Synonym of Polymixia Lowe, 1836. Polymixiidae.

Species Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905 - Pacific beardfish [=Polymixia berndti Gilbert [C. H.], 1905:616, Pl. 78] Notes: [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Current status: Valid as Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1992 - Busakhin's beardfish [=Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar [A. N.], 1992:22] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 32 (no. 6); ref. 20773] Western Indian Ocean, 33°04'S, 43°52'E, depth 650-660 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1992. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Southern Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Madagascar underwater ridge, Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes), eastern Australia, New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia fusca Kotthaus, 1970 - Socotra beardfish (author) [=Polymixia fusca Kotthaus [A.], 1970:56, Figs. 199-201] Notes: [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 5; ref. 7754] Southwest of Sokotra [Socotra], 11°34'N, 52°54'E to 11°38'N, 52°54'E, Indian Ocean, Meteor station 102, depth 290-190 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia fusca Kotthaus, 1970. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Northwestern part of the Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia japonica Gunther, 1877 - silver eye [=Polymixia japonica Günther [A.], 1877:436] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Off Inoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Current status: Valid as Polymixia japonica Günther, 1877. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Western and central North Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Japan east to the Emperor Seamounts; southwestern Pacific: Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia longispina Deng et al., 1983 - Tosa beardfish (author) [=Polymixia longispina Deng [S.-M.], Xiong [G.-Q.] & Zhan [H.-X.], 1983:317 (English p. 321), Figs. 1, 2B, Polymixia kawadae Okamura [O.] & Ema [K.] in Okamura et al. 1985:433, Pl. 214] Notes: [Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 8355] China Sea, depth 270-278 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia longispina Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983. Polymixiidae. Distribution: From Japan (Tosa Bay) to Okinawa Islands, East China Sea, Taiwan. Habitat: marine. (kawadae) [Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters v. 2; ref. 8056] East China Sea. Current status: Synonym of Polymixia longispina Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983. Polymixiidae. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia lowei Gunther, 1859 - beardfish [=Polymixia lowei Günther [A.] 1859:17, Dinemus venustus Poey [F.], 1860:161, Pl. 14 (fig. 1), Polymixia nobilis virginica Nichols [J. T.] & Firth [F. E.], 1936:2] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Cuba. Current status: Valid as Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic, from New Jersey to southern Brazil (Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine. (venustus) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859. Polymixiidae. Habitat: marine. (virginica) [American Museum Novitates No. 883; ref. 13728] South-southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia, U.S.A., depth 50-60 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859. Polymixiidae. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836 - stout beardfish [=Polymixia nobilis Lowe [R. T.], 1836:198, Pl. 4, Nemobrama webbii Valenciennes [A.], 1837:[41], Pl. 8] Notes: [Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society v. 6 (pts 1); ref. 2828] Off Madeira. Current status: Valid as Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia to Lesser Antilles, Cuba, Bahamas. East Atlantic: Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, Meteor Bank, Saint Helena, Vavilov’s underwater ridge. Habitat: marine. (webbii) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Current status: Synonym of Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836. Polymixiidae. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia salagomeziensis Kotlyar, 1991 - Sala y Gomes beardfish (author) [=Polymixia salagomeziensis Kotlyar [A. N.], 1991:83, Fig.] Notes: [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 70 (no. 7); ref. 20229] Over the Sala y Gomes Ridge, southeastern Pacific, 25°01'S, 97°28'W, depth 330 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia salagomeziensis Kotlyar, 1991. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Sala y Gomes ridge, southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar, 1992 - Kyushu-Palau beardfish (author) [=Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar [A. N.], 1992:12, Figs. 1, 2e, 3a, 4a] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 32 (no. 6); ref. 20773] Minami Koho Seamount, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 26°09'N, 135°46'E, North Pacific, depth 400 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia sazonovi Kotlyar, 1992. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Kyushu-Palau ridge, North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Polymixia yuri Kotlyar, 1982 - Naska beardfish (author) [=Polymixia yuri Kotlyar [A. N.], 1982:1381, Fig.] Notes: [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 61 (no. 9); ref. 8462] South Pacific, over the Naska underwater mountain ridge, 25°49'S, 85°25'W, depth 200 meters. Current status: Valid as Polymixia yuri Kotlyar, 1982. Polymixiidae. Distribution: Naska underwater mountain ridge. Habitat: marine