Catalog of Fishes – Queries

List Produced by Dennis Polack March 2016

mikadoi, Acipenser Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1892:98 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1892; ref. 14511] Hokaido, Japan. No types known. • of Acipenser acutirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Okada 1961:282 [ref. 6363]). •Sometimes considered a subspecies of Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:725 [ref. 24702]). •Synonym of Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Kim 1997:539 [ref. 24032], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:42 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:24 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf 1892 -- (Birstein & Bemis 1997:159 [ref. 29760], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:114 [ref 25968], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:313 [ref. 30085], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Parin et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf 1892. Acipenseridae. Distribution: Asian coast of northern Paific Ocean, southern Okhotsk Sea and Japan to Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : velox, Carcharhinus Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:2747 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Panama (Pacific). Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 11893. catalog: Böhlke 1953:9 [ref. 12291]. Author is C. H. Gilbert. Holotype figured in Gilbert & Starks 1904, Pl. 1 (figs. 3-3a) [ref. 1639]. •Valid as Nasolamia velox (Gilbert 1898) -- (Compagno 1984:515 [ref. 6846], Allen & Robertson 1994:23 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:18 [ref. 23101], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:683 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:85 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:53 [ref. 24555], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:187 [ref. 30957], Castro 2011:478 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:52 [ref.32708], Weigmann 2016:25 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Nasolamia velox (Gilbert 1898). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California tp Peru. Habitat: marine. : nilssoni, Coregonus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1848:497, Pl. 631 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21; ref. 1013] Lake Bolmen, Småland, Sweden; Norway. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1477 (6) Sweden, 0000-1482 (2) Stockholm. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:307 [ref. 293]. Species name spelled nilssonii by Smitt 1883:38 [ref. 18729]. •Synonym of Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (see Berg 1948:410 [ref. 12882]). •Valid as Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes 1848 -- (Kottelat 1997:117 [ref. 22952], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:378 [ref. 29996]). Current status: Valid as Coregonus nilssoni Valenciennes 1848. Salmonidae: Coregoninae. Distribution: Baltic basinm Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland. Habitat: freshwater. : rubromarginatus, Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2007:58, Figs. 4-5 [aqua, International Journal of v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 29394] Stream tributary to Rio Espingarda, Rio de Pexie drainage, Rio Araguaia basinm at road GO-164 crossing, Goiás State, Brazil, 14°28'27.5"S, 50°28'21.7"W, elevation 275 meters. Holotype: UFRJ 6474. Paratypes: (20) UFRJ 6475 (2), 6476 (14), 6477 (4). •Valid as Rivulus rubromarginatusCosta 2007 -- (Costa 2010:369 [ref. 30690], Costa 2010:197 [ref. 31043]). •Valid as Melanorivulus rubromarginatus (Costa 2007) -- (Costa 2011:241 [ref. 31655]). Current status: Valid as Melanorivulus rubromarginatus (Costa 2007). . Distribution: Middle Araguaia River basin, central Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : longicaudatus, Olyra McClelland [J.] 1842:588, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 2 (no. 8); ref. 2926] Kasyah [Khasi] Hills, Meghalaya, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:99 [ref. 29155]. Authorship from p. 574. Original species spelling is corrected to reflect the feminine ending. Neotype designated by Arunachalam et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32608], however they designated 3 specimens in MSUMNH; not established in Fig. 6 where one specimen was mentioned. Neotype designation invalid Ng & Ferraris 2016:386 [ref. 34194]. •Valid as Olyra longicaudata McClelland 1842 -- (Burgess 1989:154 [ref.12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:695 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:134 [ref. 19952], Sen 1995:581 [ref. 23778], Sen 1999:202 [ref. 24750], Menon 1999:264 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Bockmann & de Pinna 2004:671 [ref. 27907], Jayaram 2006:94 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:99 [ref. 29155], Shestha 2008:198 [ref. 29923], Patra 2011:1612 [ref. 31232], Arunachalam et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32608], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:264 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2014:271 [ref. 33353], Ng et al. 2015:156 [ref. 33928], Ng & Ferraris 2016:386 [ref. 34194]). Current status: Valid as Olyra longicaudata McClelland 1842. Bagridae. Distribution: Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangadesh (limited to Bangadesh and India on ref. 33353). Habitat: freshwater. : meni, Nandus Hossain [M. S.] & Sarker [S.] 2013:191, Figs. 1-3 [ and Ecology v. 23 (no. 3); ref. 32826] Megna deltaic region, freshwater swamp of Begumgoni, Naokhali, Bangadesh. Holotype: MMSF 2013E1. Paratypes: MMSF. Published on the internet, apparently not satisfying the conditions of availability (Kottelat 2013:366). •Synonym of Nandus nandus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:366 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Nandus meni Hossain & Sarker 2013. Current status: Valid as Nandus meni Hossain & Sarker 2013. Nandidae. Distribution: Bangadesh. Habitat: freshwater. : nani, Heteropneustes Hossain [M. S.], Sarker [S.], Sharifuzzaman [S. M.] & Rahman Chowdhury [S.] 2013:260, Figs. 1-2. 4 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 63 (no. 3); ref. 33105] Freshwater swamp of Begumgonj (22°55′ N, 90°58′ E), Noakhali, Bangladesh. Holotype: MMSF 2013C1. Paratypes: MMSF2013C2-C11 (10). •Valid as Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Rahman Chowdhury 2013 -- (Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:83 [ref. 33559]). Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Rahman Chowdhury 2013. Heteropneustidae. Distribution: Noakhali, Bangadesh. Habitat: freshwater. : prashadi, Akysis Hora [S. L.] 1936:200, Figs. 1, 2(b-c) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 38 (pt 2); ref. 13703] Indawgyi Lake and round about Kamaing in the Myitkyina District, Upper Myanmar. Holotype (unique): ZSI F10873/1. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:14 [ref. 29155] See Das 2003:378 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Akysis prashadi Hora 1936 -- (He & Chen 1981:211 [ref. 21313], Burgess 1989:118 [ref.12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:617 [ref. 20764], Ng & Kottelat 1996:19 [ref. 22212], Ng 1996:3 [ref. 22484], Ng & Kottelat 1998:1059 [ref. 23903], Ng & Tan 1999:362 [ref. 24159], Ng 1999:545 [ref. 24609], Ng & Kottelat 2000:9 [ref. 25042], Ng & Freyhof 2003:315 [ref. 27399], Ng & Kottelat 2004:194 [ref. 27854], Ng & Rainboth 2005:33 [ref. 28353], Ng 2006:20 [ref. 28586], Jayaram 2006:163 [ref. 28762], Vishwanath et al. 2007:2676 [ref. 29124], Page et al. 2007:292 [ref. 29140], Ferraris 2007:14 [ref. 29155], Ng 2007:53 [ref. 29306], Ng 2008:260 [ref. 29979], Ng 2009:6 [ref. 30104], Ng 2011:66 [ref. 31572], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:219 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Akysis prashadi Hora 1936. Akysidae. Distribution: India, Bangadesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater. :

argentina, Rhina Marini [T. L.] 1930:5, Fig. 1 [Physis (Buenos Aires) v. 10 (no. 35); ref. 16108] Off Province of Buenos Aires, about 39°S, 56°W, Argentina. Holotype (unique): MACN 574. Type catalog: Braga & Piacentino 1994:99 [ref. 23697]. •Valid as Squatina argentina (Marini 1930) -- (Compagno 1984:142 [ref. 6474], Menni 1986:433 [ref. 11487], Vooren & da Silva 1992:597 [ref. 21060], Compagno 1999:475 [ref.25589], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:38 [ref. 25942], Soto 2001:66, 96 [ref. 26637], López et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26808], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27192], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2007:1039 [ref.29408], Last & White 2008:2 [ref. 29746], Vas & Carvalho 2013:34 [ref. 32825]). Current status: Valid as Squatina argentina (Marini 1930). Squatinidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bazil to Urugual; Argentina (if type locality is correct). Habitat: marine. : collettii, Tetragonopterus Steindachner [F.] 1882:179 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 19 (no. 19); ref. 20487] Hyavary, Brazil; Obidos, , Bazil. Syntypes: (several) ?MCZ 20843 (42) Obidos, ?MCZ 90154 [ex MCZ 20840a] (3) Obidos; NMW 57379-82 (3, 3, 2, 5). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:33, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [ref. 14353]. •Valid as Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner 1882) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708] as colletti, Taphorn 1992:269 [ref. 23654], Planquette et al. 1996:295bis [ref. 22818], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:146 [ref. 27061], Marinho et al. 2015:576 [ref. 33708]). Current status: Valid as Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner 1882). Characidae: Pristellinae. Distribution: Amazon River basin from Peru to the Guianas: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater. : grenadae, Grenurus Parr [A. E.] 1946:47, Fig. 15 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 10 (art. 1); ref. 3378] Off Grenada, Caribbean Sea, depth 576 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 47625. •Valid as Sphagemacrurus grenadae (Parr 1946) -- (Geistdoerfer in Whitehead et al. 1986:673 [ref. 13676], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:289 [ref. 18936], Iwamoto & Williams 1999:212 [ref. 23875], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:794 [ref. 23897], Iwamoto 2003:987 [ref. 27010], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:61 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:211 [ref. 27076], Melo et al. 2010:37 [ref. 30775]).Current status: Valid as Sphagemacrurus grenadae (Parr 1946). Macrouridae: Macrourinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico to Bazil. Habitat: marine. : hermaphroditus, Kryptolebias Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2011:187, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 31358] Canal near EMBRAPA, Piracão River basin, a tributary of Sepetiba Bay, Guaratiba, 23°00'18"S, 43°33'35"W, Município do Rio de Janeiro, Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Bazil. Holotype: UFRJ 6863. Paratypes: many at MNRJ and UFRJ. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Kryptolebias hermaphroditus Costa 2011. Current status: Valid as Kryptolebias hermaphroditus Costa 2011. Rivulidae. Distribution: Coastal rivers and lagoons, southeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. :

mariamole, Trichomycterus Barbosa [M. A.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2010:110, Figs. 6, 16 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 21 (no. 2); ref. 30782] Small stram tributary of Rio Alambari, Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, 22°23'43"S, 44°31'47"W, Município de Resende, Estado de Rio do Rio Janeiro, Baazil, elevation 663 meters. Holotype: UFRJ 6026. Paratypes: UFRJ 5142 (15), 5247 (15), 5400 (3 c&s), 5401 (3 c&s), 5666 (17), 5688 (6). •Valid as Trichomycterus mariamole Barbosa & Costa 2010. Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus mariamole Barbosa & Costa 2010. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Bazil. Habitat: freshwater. : melanopleurodes, Leporinus Birindelli [J. L. O.], Britski [H. A.] & Garavello [J. C.] 2013:15, Figs. 6-8 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 32698] Nilo Peçanha, rio das Almas, approximately 10 km from Nilo Peçanha on road Corredeiras do ro das Alams, 13°36'27.8'S, 39°08'38.8"W, Bahia, Bazil. Holotype: MZUSP 100987. Paratypes: Many from ANSP. MCP, MZUSP. •Valid as Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello 2013. Current status: Valid as Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello 2013. Anostomidae. Distribution: Bahia, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : nigroauratus, Trichomycterus Barbosa [M. A.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2008:175, Figs. 1-2, 7A, 8A [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (no. 4); ref. 29961] Cachoeira da Usina, rio do Barreiro, tributary of rio Paraíba do Sul basin, 22°40'29.5"S, 44°34'49.6"W, Município de São José do Barreiro, Estaqddo de São Paula, Brazil, elevation 600 meters. Holotype: UFRJ 6034. Paratypes: many at UFRJ. •Valid asTrichomycterus nigroauratus Barbosa & Costa 2008 -- (Barbosa & Costa 2010:121 [ref. 30782], Barbosa & Costa 2010:194 [ref. 31070], Barbosa & Costa 2011:308 [ref. 31672], Datovo et al. 2012:35 [ref. 31994], Katz & Barbosa 2014:3 [ref. 33418]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus nigroauratus Barbosa & Costa 2008. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Upper Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Bazil. Habitat: freshwater. : rubbioli, Trichomycterus Bichuette [M. E.] & Rizzato [P. P.] 2012:51 [Zootaxa No. 3480; ref. 32163] Lapa dos Peixes cave, 13°49'21.78"S, 43°57'24.39"W, middle São Francisco River basin, Carinhanha County, Bahia, Bazil. Holotype: MZUSP 110977. Paratypes: MZUSP 110978 - 110986 (9) Named for Ezio Rubbioli; the spelling rubbioli is treated by the authors as a noun in apposition. •Valid as Trichomycterus rubbioliBichuette & Rizzato 2012. Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus rubbioli Bichuette & Rizzato 2012. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Caves, middle São Francisco River basin, Bahia, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : tete, Trichomycterus Barbosa [M. A.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2011:308, Figs. 1-3 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 61 (no. 3); ref. 31672] Cachoeira do Giló, tributary of rio Brumado, rio de Contas basin, 13°29'44.7"S, 41°53'05.0"W, Município de rio de Contas, Estado da Bahia, Bazil. Holotype: UFRJ 8062. Paratypes: UFRJ 7774 (3), 7775 (9). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Trichomycterus tete Barbosa & Costa 2011.Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus tete Barbosa & Costa 2011. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Upper rio de Contas drainage, northeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. :

: colini, Elacatinus Randall [J. E.] & Lobel [P. S.] 2009:5, Figs. 2-7 [Zootaxa No. 2133; ref. 30249] Wee WeE Cay, off main dock, 16°45.860'N, 88°8.631'W, Belize, depth 5 meters. Holotype: USNM 395063. Paratypes: ANSP 189240 (4); BPBM 37442 (1); MNHN 2009-0091 (2); SIO 08-180 (1); UF 173046 (1); USNM 347301 (1), 347401 (1), 365031 (4), 394964 (1). •Valid as Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel 2009 -- (Colin 2010:38, 47 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:152 [ref. 31732], Lobel & Lobel 2011:49 [ref. 31774]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Beliz and Bay of Islands, Honduras. Habitat: marine. : ruetzleri, Emblemariopsis Tyler [D. M.] & Tyler [J. C.] 1997:25, Figs. 1-5 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 110 (no. 1); ref. 22715] Hole in dead coral, spur and groove formation just east of Carrie Bow Cay, Beliz, depth 5 meters. Holotype: USNM 337496. Paratypes: ANSP 173572-74 (1, 1, 2); USNM 325489- 91 (1, 1, 2), 337497-99 (1, 1, 5), 337500-08 (1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1), 337509 (1, c&s), 337510 (2, c&s), 341534-37 (1, 1, 1, 2). •Valid as Emblemariopsis ruetzleri Tyler & Tyler 1997 -- (Williams 2003:1767 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:55 [ref. 27621], Tyler & Hastings 2004:58 [ref. 27611], Patzner et al. 2009:470 [ref. 30396], Victor 2010:19 [ref. 31107], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:71 [ref. 33341]). Current status: Valid as Emblemariopsis ruetzleri Tyler & Tyler 1997. Chaenopsidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. : lyoderma, Taranetzella Andriashev [A. P.] 1952:416, Fig. [Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR v. 12; ref. 6593] Olyutorsk [Olutorsky] Bay, western Bering Sea, 59°55'N, 168°14'E, depth 986-1150 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 32813. Type catalog: Balushkin et al. 2011:1022 [ref. 32449], Balushkin et al. 2012:161 [ref. 33667]. •Valid as Taranetzella lyoderma Andriashev 1952 -- (Toyoshima 1985:145 [ref. 5722], Peden & Jamieson 1988:493 [ref. 12864], McAllister 1990:163 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:120 [ref. 21438], Anderson 1995:107 [ref. 21928], Machida & Ohta 1996 [ref. 22117], Nakabo 2000:1044 [ref.25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:37 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:692 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1044 [ref. 26193], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:37 [ref. 27603], Balushkin et al. 2011:1022 [ref. 32449], Parin et al. 2014:428 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Taranetzella lyoderma Andriashev 1952. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Berine Sea and Japan to Mexico. Habitat: marine. : annularis, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:278 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Valid as Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Tortonese 1973:409 [ref.7192], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:891 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:795 [ref. 18793], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:750 [ref. 24702], Popova 1998:121 [ref. 23588], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:91 [ref.26753], Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:179 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:87 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:98 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:170 [ref. 31251], Casu et al. 2009:142 [ref. 30209], Parin et al. 2014:368 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, BlackSea, Sea of Azov, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine. :

: luciae, Loricaria Thomas [M. R.], Rodriguez [M. S.], Carvallaro [M. R.], Froehlich [O.] & Macedo Corrêa E Castro [R.] 2013:366, Figs. 1A, 2-4 [Zootaxa 3745 (no. 3); ref. 32997] Paraná basin, Corrientes Province, rio Paraná (left bank) at private park (Club San Martin) near town of Perichon, North of Rt. 12, northeast of Corrientes, 27°25’6.94"S, 58°45’27.47"W, Argentina. Holotype: ANSP 182408. Paratypes: ANSP, CBF, CI-FML, INPA, LIRP, MNRJ. MZUSP, UF, UMMZ. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Loricaria luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa & Castro 2013 -- (Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33621]). Current status: Valid as Loricaria luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa E Castro 2013. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Argentina, Paraguay, Bolvia and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : endecanalis, Roberts [T. R.] 1989:62, Fig. 45 [Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences No. 14; ref. 6439] Forest stream flowing into Sungai Mandai 2-3 kilometers upstream from its confluence with Kapuas River, Boneo, Indonesia, 0°47"N, 112°48'E. Holotype: MZB 4003. Paratypes: (22) BMNH 1982.3.29.38-39 (2); CAS 49261 (3); FMNH 94213 (2); MNHN 1982-0678; MZB 3289 (?), 3290-91 (1, 1); RMNH 28840 (1); UMMZ 209895 (2); USNM 23012 (3); ZMA 116523 (1). •Valid as Puntius endecanalis Roberts 1989 -- (Kottelat 1992:187 [ref. 16750], Kottelat et al. 1993:42 [ref. 23448], Doi 1997:11 [ref. 22832], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:154 [ref. 28284]). •Valid as Systomus endecanalis Roberts 1989 -- (Tan 2012:285 [ref. 32058]). •Valid as Desmopuntius endecanilas -- (Kottelat 2013:97 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status:Valid as Desmopuntius endecanalis (Roberts 1989). : Cyprininae. Distribution: Borneo. Habitat: freshwater. : tweediei, Wallagonia Hora [S. L.] & Misra [K. S.] in Hora & Gupta 1941:18, Figs. 2-3 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 17; ref. 13242] Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia. Holotype: ZRC 350 (plaster cast with head and fins built in). ZSI F13365/1 (right anterior gill arch of holotype). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:125 [ref. 20743], Alfred 1970:68 [ref. 23931], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:57 [ref.29920]. See Das 2003:381 [ref. 27706] as tweedei. •Valid as Wallago tweediei (Hora & Misra 1941) -- (Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860]). •Questionably a synonym of Wallago leerii Bleeker 1851 -- (Roberts 1989:152 [ref. 6439], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Wallago leerii Bleeker 1851 -- (Lim et al. 1990:44 [ref. 16753], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym ofWallagonia leerii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Synonym of Wallagonia leerii (Bleeker 1851). Siluridae. Distribution: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Boneo (if valid). Habitat: freshwater. : semicinctus, Acanthophthalmus Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1940:172, Fig. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 6 (no. 32); ref. 17234] Mawai District, Johore, Malaysia. Holotype: BMNH 1938.12.1.113. Paratypes: (5) BMNH 1938.12.1.114-115 (2), 1940.2.8.2-3 (2). Tan & Kottelat 2009:61 [ref. 30261] give precedence to Pangio semicincta over its simultaneous synonym P. sumatrana. •Valid asAcanthophthalmus semicinctus Fraser-Brunner 1940 -- (Roberts 1989:98 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Acanthophthalmus kuhlii (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Burridge 1992:181 [ref. 19452]). •Questionably a synonym ofPangio kuhlii (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Kottelat & Lim 1993:224 [ref. 21437]). •Synonym of Pangio kuhlii (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Fuller et al. 1999:177 [ref. 25838]). •Valid as Pangio semicincta (Fraser-Brunner 1940) -- (Doi 1997:15 [ref. 22832], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:158 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:187 [ref. 28285], Tan & Kottelat 2009:61 [ref. 30261], Kottelat 2012:39 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:184 [ref. 32989]).Current status: Valid as Pangio semicincta (Fraser-Brunner 1940). Cobitidae: Cobitinae. Distribution: Sumatra, Bornea and Malay Peninsula. Habitat: freshwater. : dusonensis, Leuciscus Bleeker [P.] 1850:14 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 16884] Bandjarmasin, in Duson River or Banjer River, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7037 (poor condition). Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1866.5.2.154 (1), NMV A965 (1). Type catalog: Alfred 1963:130 [ref. 20554]. •Valid as Rasbora dusonensis (Bleeker 1850) -- (Brittan 1972:122 [ref. 12245] [= R. tomieri]. Roberts 1989:73 [ref. 6439], Kottelat 1991:187 [ref. 13597], Kottelat et al. 1993:46 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:77 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:12 [ref. 22832], Siebert & Richardson 1997:93 [ref. 22887], Kottelat 1998:50 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:354 [ref. 24159], Kottelat 2000:51 [ref. 25040], Kottelat 2001:78 [ref. 25780], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:155 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:184 [ref. 28285], Tan 2009:508 [ref. 30389], Liao et al. 2010:166 [ref. 30521], Kottelat 2012:81 [ref. 31848], Ng & Kottelat 2013:62 [ref. 32565]. Kottelat 2013:152 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Rasbora dusonensis (Bleeker 1850). Cyprinidae: Danioninae. Distribution: Bornio ( Sumatra) and Malasia. Habitat: freshwater. : pastinacoides, Trygon Bleeker [P.] 1852:75 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.161. Original as pastinacoïdes. •Valid as Himantura pastinacoides (Bleeker 1852) -- (Compagno 1999:496 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Last et al. 2006:31 [ref. 28719], Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last 2006:295 [ref. 28776], Last el al. 2010:206 [ref. 32461], Last et al. 2012:30 [ref. 31993]). Current status: Valid as Himantura pastinacoides (Bleeker 1852). Dasyatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Bornoe and Sumatro (records from Javanese were probably caught elsewhere). Habitat: marine. : edsinica, Triplophysa Prokofiev [A. M.] 2003:66 [English p. 67], Fig. 29 [Estestvennye i Tekhnicheskie Nauki [Natural and Technical Sciences]. No. 1; ref. 28070] Edsin-River drianage, Hexi-Alashan region, northern China. Holotype (unique): ZIN 17294. •Valid as Triplophysa edsinica Prokofiev 2003 -- (Prokofiev 2006:255 [ref. 29061], Prokofiev 2010:896 [ref. 31096]). •Valid as Tarimichthys edsinicus (Prokofiev 2003) -- (Kottelat 2012:121 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Tarimichthys edsinicus (Prokofiev 2003). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Edsin River, Hexi-Alashan region, northern China. Habitat: freshwater. : rabdophorus, Sisor Hamilton [F.] 1822:208, 379 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bhagirathi River at crossing point between Kalna (Barddhaman District) and Nisinghapur (Nadia District), 23°13'33"N, 88°32'41.4"E, West Bengal State, India. Neotype: ZRC 45829. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:402 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:68 [ref. 29920]. Neotype designated by Ng 2003:2872, 2880 [ref.27187]. Spelled rhabdophorus by Valenciennes and other authors; that would have been more correctly formed, but the 1999 code does not permit emendation. •Valid as Sisor rabdophorus Hamilton 1822 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860] as rhabdophorus, Ataur Rahman 1989:207 [ref. 24860] as rhabdophorus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:681 [ref. 20764] as rhabdophorus, Menon 1999:234 [ref. 24904] as rhabdophorus, Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662] as rhabdophorus, Ng 2003:2873 [ref. 27187], Mirza 2003:19 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:220 [ref. 31338] as rhabdophorus, Vishwanath & Darshan 2005:1952 [ref. 28296], Jayaram 2006:170 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:39 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:402 [ref. 29155], Shestha 2008:192 [ref. 29923], Javid & Mirza 2011:14 [ref. 32742]). Current status:Valid as Sisor rabdophorus Hamilton 1822. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ganges River drianage, West Bengal States, India; possibly Nepal and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater. :

claudiae, Trichomycterus Barbosa [M. A.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2010:106, Figs. 5, 13 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 21 (no. 2); ref. 30782] Small stream, tributary to Rio Piraí, between Rio Claro and Lídice, Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, ca. 22°40'S, 44°02'W, Município de Rio Claro, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. Holotype: UFRJ 6027. Paratypes: UFRJ 5684 (9), 5685 (3, c&s). •Valid as Trichomycterus claudiaeBarbosa & Costa 2010 -- (Barbosa & Costa 2012:79 [ref. 31901]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus claudiae Barbosa & Costa 2010. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Upper Rio Piraíba do Sul basin, Southeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : nitens, Hypsolebias Costa [W. J. E. M.] in Costa, Amorim & Mattos 2012:79, Figs. 4, 12 [Systematics and Biodiversity v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 31845] Seasonal lagoon in floodplains of lower Verde River, a right tributary of middle São Francisco River, about 30 km north of the town of Itaguaçu, 10°43'20"S, 42°20'30"W, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, elevation 414 meters. Holotype: UFRJ 8289. Paratypes: BMNH 2011.11.17.9-11 (3); UFRJ 6852 (3), 6853 (12), 8288 (4, c&s). •Valid as Hypsolebias nitens Costa 2012 -- (Costa et al. 2013:1 [ref. 32952]). Current status: Valid as Hypsolebias nitens Costa 2012. Rivulidae. Distribution: Lower Verde River basin, São Francisco River system, Estado da Bahia, Brazi. Habitat: freshwater. : enneaktinos, Phalloceros Lucinda [P. H. F.] 2008:132, Figs. 23-24 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 29669] Córrego de Toca do Boi, near Condomínio Laranjeiras, ca. 23°13'S, 44°42'W, Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 23609. Paratypes: MCP 30510 (6, 4 c&s), 31139 (40); MNRJ 14847 (14); Species name is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Phalloceros enneaktinos Lucinda 2008. Current status: Valid as Phalloceros enneaktinos Lucinda 2008. : . Distribution: Córrego da Toca Boi, Rio de Janeiro, Breazil. Habitat: freshwater. : geminus, Neostethus Parenti [L. R.] 2014:177, Figs. 2, 3A, 3b, 4C, 5A [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 62; ref. 33268] Tutong District, Sg. Birau, tributary of Sg. Tutong, just above where it enters Sg. Tutong, east of Bandar Tutong, 4°48'0"N, 114°40'38"E, Brunei Darussalam. Holotype: USNM 409956. Paratypes: Many, from Brunei Darussalam: BMNH, CAS, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, ZRC. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Neostethus geminus Parenti 2014. Current status: Valid as Neostethus geminus Parenti 2014. Phallostethidae. Distribution: Brunnei Darussalam. Habitat: freshwater. : collare, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1787:116, Pl. 216 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] Japan [in error]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8151 (right skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:59 [ref.24282]. On p. 87 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 6 [ref. 21381]. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:176 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Chaetodon collare Bloch 1787 -- (Burgess 1978:522 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:159 [ref. 22764], Goren & Dor 1994:48 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:248 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:152 [ref. 23977], Pyle 2001:3238 [ref. 26117], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Hobbs et al. 2007:108 [ref. 29249], Satapoomin 2009:184 [ref. 30463], Allen & Erdmann 2012:521 [ref. 31980], Psomadakis et al. 2015:290 [ref. 34104]). Current status: Valid asChaetodon collare Bloch 1787. Chaetodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Yeman and Maldives east to Malaysia, Brunie and Philippines. Habitat: marine. :

minimus, Careproctus Andriashev [A. P.] & Stein [D. L.] 1998:32, Fig. 18 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 470; ref. 23367] Burdwood Bank, south of Falkland Islands, 54°39'S, 57°07'W, depth 124-128 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 11069-1 (dried out). •Valid as Careproctus minimus Andriashev & Stein 1998 -- (Andriashev 1998:259 [ref. 23579], Andriashev 2003:147 [ref. 26955], Chernova et al. 2004:11 [ref.27592], Stein 2006:709 [ref. 28596], Duhamel & King 2007:383 [ref. 29364]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus minimus Andriashev & Stein 1998. Liparidae. Distribution: Western South Atlantic: Burwood Bank. Habitat: marine. : pallidus, Enantioliparis Vaillant [L. L.] 1888:22, Pl. 4 (figs. 3, 3a, 3b) [Mission scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83 v. 6 (Zool.) (pt 1) (art. C); ref. 4495] Orange Bay, Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chine, depth 28 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1884- 0841. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1884-0842 (1). Lectotype designated by Stein et al. 1991:368 [ref. 19979]. •Valid as Careproctus pallidus (Vaillant 1888) -- (Pequeño 1989:57 [ref. 14125], Stein et al. 1991:368 [ref. 19979], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:89 [ref. 22530], López et al. 1996:39 [ref. 23681], Andriashev 1997:6 [ref. 23198], Andriashev 1998:259 [ref. 23579], Karmovskaya 2006:566 [ref. 29417], Andriashev 2003:150 [ref. 26955], Chernova et al. 2004:12-13 [ref. 27592], Stein 2005:13 [ref. 28392], Stein 2006:710 [ref. 28596] with question). Current status: Valid as Careproctus pallidus(Vaillant 1888). Liparidae. Distribution: Eastern South Pacific off Chile and Burwood Bank (with question). Habitat: marine. : chiliensis, Pelamys Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:163 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 8; ref. 1000] Valparaíso, Chile. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5608 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Blanc 1961:373 [ref. 20733], Blanc & Bauchot 1964:449, Fig. 21 [ref. 20804], Collette 1966:370 [ref. 14641]. Spelled chilensis by authors. Two subspecies are treated by Collette 2003:7 [ref. 27312]. •Synonym of Sarda sarda (Bloch 1793), but a valid subspecies -- (Pequeño 1989:67 [ref. 14125]). •Valid as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier 1832) -- (Collette & Chao 1975:599 [ref. 5573], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:272 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:179 [ref. 14674], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1533 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:585 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:399 [ref. 24555], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:808 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], Randall 2007:449 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Sarda chilensis (Cuvier 1832), subspecies chilensis (Cuvier 1832) -- (Collette et al. 2001:3 [ref. 25629], Collette 2003:7 [ref. 27312], Collette & Nauen 1983:51 [ref. 5375], Page et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier 1832). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. The subspecies chilensis occurs from the Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru, south to Talcahuano and Valdivia Chile; subspecies lineolata occurs from Alaska south to tip of Baja Califonia. Habitat: marine. : dactylosus, Paraliparis Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:469, Pl. 34 (middle) [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Off Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A., Albatross station 3112, 37°08'00"N, 122°47'00"W, depth 296 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM 48616. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 3024 (1), USNM 53032 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:138 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established by Burke 1930:164 [ref. 702]. •Valid as Paraliparis dactylosus Gilbert 1896 - - (Stein 1978:47 [ref. 4203], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:33 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:635 [ref. 25968], Chernova et al. 2004:37 [ref. 27592], Parin et al. 2014:345 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Paraliparis dactylosus Gilbert 1896. Liparidae. Distribution: North Pacific: off Commander and Kuril Islands, eastern Bering Sea off Pribilof Islands, Pacific south of Unimak Pass and off Oregon and Califonia, U.S.A. Habitat: marine. santaanae, Pantosteus Snyder [J. O.] 1908:33 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 34 (no. 1595); ref. 10248] Santa Ana River, near Riverside, Riverside County, southern California, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 61675. Paratypes: ANSP 39129 [ex CAS-SU 20660] (1), CAS-SU 20660 (16). Possible additional original material (non-types): FMNH 7631 [ex USNM 62312] (6); USNM 62312 (75+), 62686 (12). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:28-29 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:63 [ref. 12367], Böhlke 1984:36 [ref. 13621], Gilbert 1998:198 [ref. 23395]. Originally as santa-anae. •Valid as Catostomus santaanae (Snyder 1908) -- (Smith 1966:47 [ref. 21398], Lee et al. 1980:389 [ref. 22416], Page & Burr 1991:176 [ref. 18983], Swift et al. 1993:119 [ref. 22379], Gilbert 1998:198 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:165 [ref. 25838], Moyle 2002:182 [ref. 26449], Nelson et al. 2004:78 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2006:8 [ref. 30386], Page & Burr 2011:319 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:79 [ref. 32708], Smith et al. 2013:3, 16 [ref. 32735] as Santa anna).Current status: Valid as Catostomus santaanae (Snyder 1908). Catostomidae. Distribution: Califonia, U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater. : taurinus, Enophrys Gilbert [C. H.] 1914:135, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 47 (no. 2049); ref. 14153] Monterey Bay, near Pacific Grove, California, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 75064. Paratypes: CAS-SU 57 (1); plus additional material. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:129 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Aspicottus taurinus (Gilbert 1914) -- (Neyelov 1979:148 [ref. 3152]). •Valid as Enophrys taurinusGilbert 1914 -- (Bolin 1944:93 [ref. 6379]). •Valid as Enophrys taurina Gilbert 1914 -- (Sandercock & Wilimovsky 1968:844 [ref. 26414], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:169 [ref. 9277], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref.27807], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Enophrys taurina Gilbert 1914. Cottidae. Distribution: Eastern North Pacific: Califiornia, U.S.A. Habitat: marine. : bauchotae, Lipophrys Wirtz [P.] & Bath [H.] 1982:226, Figs. 1-2, 4-6 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 62 (nos 4/6) (for 1981); ref. 5475] Snake Island, 4°01'N, 9°12'E, Bay of Victoria, Cameroon Republic. Holotype: SMF 15695. Paratypes: ANSP 143066 (34); MNHN 1971-0028 (6); SMF 15696-97 (15, 26); SMNS 13123 (1); UZMK P.75359 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:27 [ref. 13621], Fricke 1995:5 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:17 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Lipophrys bauchotae Wirtz & Bath 1982 -- (Wirtz & Bath 1989:27 [ref. 9298], Bath 1990:908 [ref. 19373], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687]). •Valid as Microlipophrys bauchotae (Wirtz & Bath 1982) -- (Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Levy et al. 2011:410 [ref. 31177]). Current status: Valid as Microlipophrys bauchotae (Wirtz & Bath 1982). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern North Atlantic: Cameron and Fernando Po. Habitat: marine. : punctulatum, Chromaphyosemion Legros [O.], Zentz [F.] & Agnèse [J.-F.] 2005:19, Figs. [Killi-contact: Périodique bimestriel / Association Killiphile Francophone de Belgique v. 33 (no. 3); ref. 28303] On the road to Pondo (towards Campo Airport) Cameron, 2°22'17.5"N, 9°51'20.1"E, Southern Cameroon, elevation 23 meters. Holotype: MRAC 2005-11-P-08. Paratypes: MRAC 2005-11-P-09 to 15 (7). Plus non-type material at MRAC. •Valid as Chromaphyosemion punctulatum Legros, Zentz & Agnèse 2005 -- (Sonnenberg 2007:29 [ref. 29286]). •Valid as Aphyosemion punctulatum (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse 2005) -- (Legros & Zentz 2006:17 [ref. 29068], Pohlmann 2009:38 [ref. 30191], Agnèse et al. 2013:520 [ref. 32730]). Current status: Valid as Aphyosemion punctulatum (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse 2005). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Cameroon. Habitat: freshwater. :

phoxocephalum, Etheostoma Nelson [E. W.] 1876:35 [Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural History v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 3154] Illinois River and tributaries, U.S.A. Syntypes: ?UMMZ 187504 [ex IU 499 and IU 4702] (2). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:36 [ref. 20211], Sabaj et al. 1997:290 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as phoxocephala (Nelson 1876) -- (Lee et al. 1980:737 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:35 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:457 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:285 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:124 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:582 [ref. 22809], Stauffer et al. 1995:333 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:239 [ref. 23394], Turner et al. 1996:2023 [ref. 25532], Mettee et al. 1996:715 [ref. 25836], Lyons et al. 2000:46 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:510 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:137 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:392 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:591 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:39 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:527 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:545 [ref.33552]). Current status: Valid as Percina phoxocephala (Nelson 1876). : . Distribution: Easat-central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater. : burtoni, Percina caprodes Fowler [H. W.] 1945:134, Figs. 218-219 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 7; ref. 1453] Swannanoa River near Oteen, Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype: ANSP 70701. Paratypes: ANSP 13707 (1). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:57 [ref. 20211], Böhlke 1984:137 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Percina burtoni Fowler 1945 -- (Lee et al. 1980:718 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:49 [ref. 22189], Thompson 1985:13 [ref. 17281], Burkhead & Jenkins 1991:391 [ref. 21804], Page & Burr 1991:286 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:123 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:568 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:781 [ref. 21581], Thompson 1997:2 [ref. 23154], Mettee et al. 1996:699 [ref. 25836], Nelson et al. 2004:136 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:580 [ref. 27995], George et al. 2006:585 [ref. 28195], Scharpf 2008:37 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:528 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Percina burtoni Fowler 1945. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: East-centeral U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater. : hexacytus, Physiculus Parin [N. V.] 1984:532 [47], Figs. 1, 2b [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 16267] Nazca Ridge, southeastern Pacific, 21°28'S, 81°40'W, depth 330 meters. Holotype: ZIN 46840. Paratypes: IOM uncat. (5); USNM 265088 (1); ZIN 46841 (1), 46842 (1, not sent to ZIN), 46843 (3). Type catalog: Balushkin & Prirodina 2008:151 [ref. 33662]. On p. 47 of English translation. •Synonym of Physiculus luminosa Paulin 1983 -- (Paulin 1989:115 [ref. 9297]). •Valid as Physiculus hexacytus Parin 1984 -- (Pequeño 1989:45 [ref. 14125], Parin 1990:15 [ref. 22542]). Current status: Valid as Physiculus hexacytus Parin 1984. Moridae. Distribution: Southweastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. : pessuliferus, Dunckerocampus Fowler [H. W.] 1938:41, Fig. 13 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Off Sulade Island (E), vicinity of Siasi, Sulu Archipelago, 5°46'40"N, 120°48'50"E, Albatross station D.5146, depth 24 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 93501. •Valid as Doryrhamphus pessuliferus (Fowler 1938) -- (Dawson 1985:68 [ref. 6541], Winterbottom 1987 [ref. 6776], Allen 1997:74 [ref. 23977], Paulus 1999:2275 [ref. 24794], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Paxton et al. 2006:819 [ref. 29073]). •Valid as Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler 1938 -- (Kuiter 1998:81 [ref. 23586], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Allen & Kuiter 2004:4 [ref. 28071], Kuiter 2009:182 [ref. 30404], Allen & Erdmann 2012:195 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Dunckerocampus pessuliferus Fowler 1938. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Western Pacific, Southweastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia, northwestern Australia and Philippines. Habitat: marine. : petenensis, Meletta Günther [A.] 1867:603 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (pt 3); ref. 1984] Lake Petén [Petén Itza], Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.372 (1). •Valid as Dorosoma petenense (Günther 1867) -- (Lee et al. 1980:70 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:71 [ref. 9277], Whitehead 1985:236 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:70 [ref. 23100], Robison & Buchanan 1988:111 [ref.23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:40 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:36 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:41 [ref. 23239], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:9 [ref. 22290], Desfosse et al. in Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:215 [ref.21581], Warren et. al. 1994:132 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:149 [ref. 25560], Stauffer et al. 1995:51 [ref. 23376], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1018 [ref. 22829], Cross & Collins 1995:47 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:123 [ref. 25836], Sigler & Sigler 1996:62 [ref. 25943], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:62 [ref. 22947], Murdy et al. 1997:71 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:337 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:115 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:47 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:110 [ref. 25978], Moyle 2002:114 [ref. 26449], Kullander & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27061], Scharpf 2003:13 [ref. 26883], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:828 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:72 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:141 [ref. 27995], Mundy 2005:148 [ref.28379], Scharpf 2005:10 [ref. 28940], Miller 2006:93 [ref. 28615], Minckley & Marsh 2009:79 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:151 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Dorosoma petenense (Günther 1867). Clupeidae. Distribution: North and Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and U.S.A.; introduced elsewhere such as the Southweastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : memorabilis, Cataetyx Meyer-Rochow [V. B.] 1970:39, Figs. 1-6; Pls. 7-8 [Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, Neue Folge v. 14 (for 1969); ref. 7759] Off Capetown, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, 33°51'S, 17°14'E, depth 1350 meters. Holotype: ZMH 4321. Paratypes: ZMH H4322 (2). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:159 [ref. 22013]. •Synonym of Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed 1927 -- (Cohen 1981:1085 [ref. 8491], Cohen 1986:355 [ref. 5646], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:101 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed 1927. Bythitidae: Bythitinae. Habitat: marine. : turbynei, Solea Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1904:10, Pl. 28 [Marine Investigations in South Africa. v. 3; ref. 1646] Mossel Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 18 fathoms, and other localities. Syntypes: (numerous) BMNH 1903.12.31.11 (1), SAM 15409 (11). •Synonym of Solea bleekeri Boulenger 1898 -- (Heemstra & Gon 1986:873 [ref. 5665]). •Valid as Solea trubynei Gilchrist 1904 -- (Vachon et al. 2005:315 [ref.29620], Vachon et al. 2008:18 [ref. 29607]). Current status: Valid as Solea turbynei Gilchrist 1904. Soleidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania to about Capetown, South Africa. Habitat: brackish, marine. : isaaci, Rineloricaria Rodriguez [M. S.] & Miquelarena [A. M.] 2008:1436, Fig. 1, 2c, 3a, 4, 5, 6. [Journal of Fish Biology v. 73; ref. 29906] Los Loros stream, about 31°52'S, 58°14'W, Uruguay Rive drainage, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. Holotype: MACN-Ict 8969. Paratypes: ILPLA 1715 (1 c&s), 1716 (3); MCP 9670 (1), 10380 (1), 35147 (1), 35255 (1), 40602 (1); MLP 9668 (1). Type catalog: Miquelarena & Nadalin 2014:14 [ref. 33466]. •Valid as Rineloricaria isaaci Rodriguez & Miquelarena 2008 -- (Koerber 2011:5 [ref. 31122], Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33621]). Current status: Valid as Rineloricaria isaaci Rodriguez & Miquelarena 2008. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Uruguay River drainage, Argentina and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. :

retrospinis, Holocentrum Guichenot [A.] 1853:35, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Sagra, R. de la, Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba; ref. 18164] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2596. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:18 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1853) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:115 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:251 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:341 [ref. 23827], Kotlyar 1996:90 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1023 [ref. 23897], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:185 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:104 [ref. 26784], Greenfield 2003:1201 [ref. 27041], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Randall 2005:92 [ref. 28239], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:34 [ref. 33341]).Current status: Valid as Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1853). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic from Florida to Venezuela, Gulf of Mexico, Carribbean Sea, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. Habitat: marine. : pilosus, Neblinichthys Ferraris [C. J., Jr.], Isbrücker [I. J. H.] & Nijssen [H.] 1986:70, Figs. 1, 4-5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 13 (no. 3); ref. 5988] Río Mawarinuma tributary, at Neblina base camp, on right bank in riffle, 0°55'N, 66°10'W, Venezuela, elevation 120 meters. Holotype: AMNH 56137. Paratypes: AMNH 56138-42 (20, 11, 9, 18, 3), 57172 (1); ANSP 157587 (2); BMNH 1985.15.10.1-2 (2); CAS 57466 (2); FMNH 96617 (2); MBUCV-V-15343 (6); MZUSP 35217 (2); UMMZ 213447 (1); USNM 274486 (2); ZMA 119387 (4). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:30 [ref. 19771], Provenzano et al. 1998:13 [ref.24196], Ferraris 2007:273 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Neblinichthys pilosus Ferraris, Isbrücker & Nijssen 1986 -- (Burgess 1989:436 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Fisch- Muller in Reis et al. 2003:390 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:273 [ref. 29155], Taphorn et al. 2010:616 [ref. 30973], Armbruster & Taphorn 2013:67 [ref. 32700]) Current status: Valid as Neblinichthys pilosus Ferraris, Isbrücker & Nijssen 1986. Loricariidae: Ancistrinae. Distribution: Upper Negro, Casiquiae and Baria River basins, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater. : semipellucidus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:15 [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Mouth of Karasu River, Astrabad Bay, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. Holotype (unique): ZIN (not found in 1996). •Valid asProterorhinus semipellucidus (Kessler 1877) -- (Berg 1949:1102 [ref. 20662]). •Probably a synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2002:2 [ref. 27148], Ahnelt & Duchkowitsch 2004:914 [ref. 27535]). •Synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814) -- (Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:72 [ref. 27853]). •Valid as Proterorhinus cf.semipelucidus (Kessler 1877) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:677 [ref. 30119], Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487]). •Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863) -- (Parin et al. 2014:503 [ref. 33547]).Current status: Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Caspain Sea Basin (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish. : erdmanni, Meiacanthus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 2011:47, Figs. 12-13 [Zootaxa No. 3046; ref. 31543] Cenderawasih Bay, patch reef north of Tridacna Atoll, 2°25.830'S, 134°54.409'E, West Papua Province, Indonesia, depth 65 meters. Holotype (unique): MZB 20023. •Valid as Meiacanthus erdmanni Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2011 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:790 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Meiacanthus erdmanni Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2011. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Cenderwasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia [one specimen]. Habitat: marine. galei, Hemiscyllium Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2008:96, Figs. 2B, 3-6 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 13 (nos 3-4); ref. 29476] Reef near Rumberpon Village, 03°53.757'S, 134°06.638'E, western Cenderwasih Bay, Papua Batat Province, Indonesia. Holotype: NCIP 6324. Paratypes: WAM P.32888-001 (1). •Valid as Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann 2008 -- (Allen & Dudgeon 2010:26 [ref. 30713], Allen & Erdmann 2012:49 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32791], Weigmann 2016:9 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Hemiscyllium galei Allen & Erdmann 2008. Hemiscylliidae. Distribution: Cenderwasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine. : bimaculatus, Xiphophorus Heckel [J. J.] 1848:297, Pl. 9 (figs. 1-2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 1 (pt 1-5) [1848]; ref. 2069] Veracruz, Mexico. Syntypes: NMW 59918 (4). •Valid as bimaculata (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:131 [ref. 7067], Rosen 1979:330 [ref. 22796], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:47 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:121 [ref. 22947], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:40 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:228 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:19 [ref. 30398], McEachran & DeWitt 2008:52 [ref. 29720], Matamoros et al. 2009:13 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus (Heckel 1848) -- (Radda 1985:128 [ref.31261], Morales-Cazan & Albert 2012:22 [ref. 31911]). Current status: Valid as Heterandria bimaculata (Heckel 1848). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Cenral America, Atlantic Slope: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. Habitat: freshwater. : delhezi, Chrysichthys Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:108, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) v. 1 (fasc. 5); ref. 589] Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.6.27.49 (1); MRAC 952 (1, possible lectotype), 953 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:156 [ref. 29155]. See Ferraris 2007:156 [ref. 29155] for possible lectotype. •Valid as Chrysichthys delhezi Boulenger 1899 -- (Risch 1986:17 [ref.6190], Burgess 1989:67 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:148 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 2007:156 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Chrysichthys delhezi Boulenger 1899. Claroteidae. Distribution: Lower Congo River system, centra Africa. Habitat: freshwater. : waensis, Garra Lothongkham [A.], Arbsuwan [S.] & Musikasinthorn [P.] 2014:544, Figs. 1-5 [Zootaxa 3790 (no. 4); ref. 33283] Mang River (a tributary of the Wa River, the Nan River basin, the Chao Phraya River system) at Ban Phuyuen Pathana, Bo Kluea District, Nan Province, Thailand (19°17′43″N, 101°17′42″E), Holotype: THNHM-F 01511. Paratypes: CAS 233491 (8), 233492 (6); NSMT-P 106598 (2); RLIKU 1875 (4), 1876 (3), 1877 (1); RMUTLN-P 001 (4). •Valid as Garra waensis Lothongkham, Arbsuwan & Musikasinthorn 2014. Current status: Valid as Garra waensis Lothongkham, Arbsuwan & Musikasinthorn 2014. Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: Manr River, Chao Phra River basin, Thailand. Habitat: freshwater. : herringi, Normichthys Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Merrett [N. R.] 2001:S43, Fig. 2 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 41 (suppl. 1); ref. 26652] Arbian Sea, 24°12.6'N, 58°35.4'E, caught bathypelagically over depth of 1100-1190 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1998.8.9.232. Paratypes: BMNH 1998.8.9.239 (1) •Valid as Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett 2001. Current status: Valid as Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett 2001. Platytroctidae. Distribution: Arabian Sea. Habitat: marine. :

: ngasep, Mystus Darshan [A.], Vishwanath [W.], Mahanta [P. C.] & Barat [A.] 2011:2178, Figs. 1, Image 1 [Journal of Threatened Taxa v. 3 (no. 11); ref. 31641] Nambul River at Bijoygovinda-Polemleikai Bridge, Chindwan-Irrawaddy drainage, Manipur State, India, 24°48'N, 93°55'E. Holotype: MUMF 9500. Paratypes: MUMF 9501/1-9501/4 (4), 9502/1-9502/7 (7), 9503/1-9503/4 (4), 9504/1-9504/14 (14). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat 2011 -- (Ng & Pethiyagoda 2013:167 [ref. 33011], Kottelat 2013:263 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat 2011. Bagridae. Distribution: Chindwan drainage, Manipur State, India. Habitat: freshwater. : australis, Basilichthys Eigenmann [C. H.] 1928:59, Pls. 12 (fig. 3), 14 (fig. 5) [Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 1245] Santiago and southward to Osorno [Río Maipo to Río Rahue], Chile. Syntypes: (many, IU) CAS 11678 [ex IU 15207] (5), 44699 [ex IU 15216] (54), 44703 [ex IU 15210] (32), 45179 [ex IU 15215] (8) 45180 [ex IU 15213] (42), 45182 [ex IU 15218] (21), 45183 [ex IU 15208] (18), 45184 [ex IU 15211] (9), 45188 [ex IU 15206] (15), 45189 [ex IU 15214] (26), 45190 [ex IU 15209] (30), 45192 [ex IU 15212] (46). •Valid as Basilichthys australis Eigenmann 1928 -- (Pequeño 1989:51 [ref.14125], Ruiz & Berra 1994:14 [ref. 21384], Dyer 1997:50 [ref. 23262], Dyer 1998:536 [ref. 23858], Dyer & Gosztonyi 1999:215 [ref. 24265], Dyer 2000:85 [ref. 26678], Dyer 2000:105 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:517 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Basilichthys australis Eigenmann 1928. Atherinopsidae: Atherinopsinae. Distribution: Maipo River south to ChiloéIsland, Chile. Habitat: freshwater. : chindwinensis, Physoschistura Lokeshwor [Y.] & Vishwanath [W.] 2012:231, Figs. 1- 4 [Ichthyological Research v. 59 (no. 3); ref. 32098] Lokchao [as Loakchao on p. 232] River at Moreh, 24°15'03"N, 94°17'59"E, Chinwin basin, Manipur, India, elevation 212 meters. Holotype: MUMF 11077. Paratypes: MUMF 11074-076 [?075] (given as 2), 11076-084 (6), 11085-086 (2), 11087-089 (3); SZI FF 4603/3 (3). •Valid asPhysoschistura chindwinensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2012 -- (Lokeshor & Wishwanath 2012:102 [ref. 32325], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2012:101 [ref. 32325], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2012:253 [ref. 32336], Kottelat 2012:102 [ref. 32367], Suvarnaraksha 2013:246 [ref. 32981], Kottelat 2013:203 [ref. 32989], Khynrian & Sen 2014:12 [ref. 33853]). Current status: Valid as Physoschistura chindwinensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2012. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Lokchao River, Chinwin basin, Manipur, India. Habitat: freshwater. : oculatus, Ecsenius Springer [V. G.] 1988:60, Pl. 7 (fig. 1); Fig. 32c [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 465; ref. 6804] Lagoon reef off Tantabiddi Creek, North West Cape, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.25368-023. Paratypes: AMS I.19641- 016 (2); USNM 261219 (4); WAM P.25368-037 [ex P.25368-023] (3), P.25374-018 (9), P.25813-050 (1), P.26102-005 (1), P.26110-004 (24), P.26670-006 (3), P.27961-014 (1), P.27970-041 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:36 [ref. 19335], Springer et al. 1991:17 [ref. 18888], Moore et al. 2008:40 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Ecsenius oculatus Springer 1988 -- (Allen 1997:208 [ref.23977], Springer & Randall 1999:41 [ref. 24274], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:1548 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:452 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:816 [ref. 31980]). Current status:Valid as Ecsenius oculatus Springer 1988. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Chritmas Island and Western Austrralia. Habitat: marine. :

: jordani, Caulophryne Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:496, Pl. 121 (fig. 409) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Gulf Stream off Long Island, New York, U.S.A., 39°27'N, 71°15'W, Albatross station 2747, depth 0-1276 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 39265. Caption for Pl. 121 (fig. 409) is Caulophryne cetosus. Males unknown. •Valid as Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Pietsch 1979:15 [ref. 3474], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:257 [ref. 14275], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:105 [ref. 6441], Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1374 [ref. 13677], Scott & Scott 1988:253 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:295 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:229 [ref. 14674], Stearn & Pietsch in Okamura et al. 1995:144 [ref. 22531], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:5 [ref. 23378], Santos et al. 1997:63 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:126 [ref.24952], Pietsch 2003:1057 [ref. 27014], Moore et al. 2003:214 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:268 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:655 [ref. 28994], Pietsch 2009:447 [ref. 30766], Møller et al. 2010:43 [ref. 31169]).Current status: Valid as Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean 1896. Caulophrynidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in alkl oceans, except Polar watrers. Habitat: marine. : brachycephalus, Diaphus Tåning [A. V.] 1928:59 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening v. 86; ref. 15877] Eastern Atlantic [ca. 300 kilometers north of São Nicolau Island, Cape Verde Islands], 19°22'N, 24°06'W, depth about 200 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P2329197. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:35 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype designated by Nafpaktitis 1973:34 [ref. 10436]. •Valid as Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning 1928 -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:176 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:9 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:72 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:290 [ref.5672], Paxton et al. 1989:256 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:407 [ref. 15273], Santos et al. 1997:45 [ref. 23531], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:631 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:96 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1962 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:395 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:195 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:395 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:199 [ref. 27076], Shinohara et al. 2005:411 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:214 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:513 [ref.28994], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning 1928. Myctophidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical trough temperate seas (including Hawaiian Islands), but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. : brasiliensis, Clepticus Heiser [J. B.], Moura [R. L.] & Robertson [D. R.] 2000:71, Figs. 3-6 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25763] Ilha Escalvada, Guarapari, 20°42'00"S, 40°24'30"W, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 53269. Paratypes: CAS 99821 (1), 99822 (1); MZUSP 53265 (1), 53267 (1), 53268 (1), 53272 (1), 47151 (1), 51427 (1), 53161 (1); USNM 350958 (1), 350959 (1). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Clepticus brasiliensis Heiser, Moura & Robertson 2000 -- (Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Parenti & Randall 2011:33 [ref. 31299]). Current status: Valid as Clepticus brasiliensis Heiser, Moura & Robertson 2000. Labridae. Distribution: Brazil (coasal islands), Fernando de Noronha and St. Paul's Rocks. Habitat: marine. :

: ribeirae, Microcambeva Costa [W. J. E. M.], Lima [S. M. Q.] & Bizerril [C. R. S. F.] 2004:3, Figs. 1-2, 3a, 4a, 5 [Zootaxa No. 563; ref. 27842] Rio São Lourencinho, no Bairro São Lourenço, Município de Pedro de Toledo, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 84301. Paratypes: DZSJRP 2297 (1); MNRJ 12314 (1), 14304 (4, 1c&s); MZUSP 49463 (1, c&s), 68169 (3, c&s), 74669 (10), 78617 (5), 79953 (20). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:409 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Microcambeva ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril 2004 -- (Ferraris 2007:409 [ref. 29155], Mattos et al. 2008:161 [ref. 29875], Wosiacki et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31139]). Current status: Valid as Microcambeva ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril 2004. Trichomycteridae: Sarcoglanidinae. Distribution: Ribeira de Iguapé River basin, coastal plaines of southeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : buchanani, Mugil Bleeker [P.] 1853:99 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 8); ref. 341] Hooghly River, Calcutta, India. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6383. Hoese & Bray 2006:684 [ref. 29000]. The name malabarica has not been used since the early 1800's. •Valid as Valamugil buchanani (Bleeker 1853) -- (Yoshino & Senou in Masuda et al. 1984:120 [ref. 6441], Smith & Smith 1986:719 [ref. 5717], Allen & Swainston 1988:110 [ref. 25477], Allen 1991:148 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:901 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:125 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:230 [ref.24016], Thomson 1997:500 [ref. 23428], Allen 1997:176 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:364 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:361 [ref. 24106], Harrison & Senou 1999:2102 [ref. 24780], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:369 [ref. 28072], Hoese & Bray 2006:684 [ref. 29000], Allen et al. 2008:83 [ref. 30265], Larson et al. 2013:58 [ref. 32988]). •Synonym of Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Randall 1995:237 [ref. 22896]). •Synonym of Moolgarda pedaraki (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122]). •Possibly a synonym of Valamugil pedaraki (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Carpenter et al. 1997:205 [ref. 23922]). •Valid as Moolgarda buchanani (Bleeker 1854) -- (Fricke et al. 2011:369 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33932]). •Synonym of Moolgarda malabarca (Shaw 1804) -- (Kottelat 2013:279 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Crenimugil buchanani (Bleeker 1853) -- (Durand & Borsa 2015:268 [ref. 34115]). Current status: Valid as Moolgarda buchanani(Bleeker 1853). Mugilidae. Distribution: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to islands of Melanesia and Micronesia; shallow coastal waters and estuaries and entering creeks and rives (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : leopardus, Centromochlus (Gephyromochlus) Hoedeman [J. J.] 1961:135, Fig. 3 [Bulletin of Aquatic Biology v. 2 (no. 23); ref. 11969] Litany River, Aloiké village, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): ZMA 102233. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:40 [ref. 19236], Ferraris 2007:75 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Glanidium leopardus (Hoedeman 1961) -- (Burgess 1989:241 [ref. 12860], Soares-Porto 1998:333 [ref. 23848], Le Bail et al. 2000:70 [ref. 24549]). •Valid as Glenidium leopardum (Hoedeman 1961) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:475 [ref. 27061], Sarmento-Soares & Buckup 2005:846 [ref. 28476], Ferraris 2007:75 [ref. 29155], Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2013:265 [ref. 32754]). Current status: Valid as Glanidium leopardum (Hoedeman 1961). Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae. Distribution: Coastal rives of the Guianas: French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. Habitat: freshwater. :

reticulatus, Hyphessobrycon Ellis [M. D.] 1911:153, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 8 (no. 1, art. 2); ref. 1269] Rio Parahyba at Campos, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54397 [ex CM 3018]. Paratypes: (24) CAS 57604 [ex IU 13294] (2), FMNH 54308 (1), 54398-401 (1, 7, 1, 6), 54921 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:66 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon reticulatus Ellis 1911 -- (Almirón & Casciotta 1999:344 [ref. 24405], Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:139 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:77 [ref. 28131], Almirón et al. 2006:895 [ref. 29163], Carvalho & Langeani 2013:526 [ref. 32913], Bragança et al. 2015:260 [ref. 34051]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon reticulatus Ellis 1911. Characidae: Pristellinae. Distribution: Coastal river drainages from Rio da Janeiro to northern Santa Catarina states, Brazil; vicinity of Corrientes, Argentina. Habitat: freshwater. : subterraneus, Typhlichthys Girard [C. F.] 1859:63 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 1821] From a well near Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 8563 (3). •Valid as Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard 1859 -- (Lee et al. 1980:483 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:319 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:213 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:72 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:356 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:437 [ref. 25836], Romero & Paulson 2001:31 [ref. 26040], Poly & Proudlove 2004:4 [ref. 27586], Nelson et al. 2004:90 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:366 [ref. 27995], Parenti 2006:58 [ref. 28881], Proudlove 2006:165 [ref. 28992], Scharpf 2006:36 [ref. 30386], Page & Burr 2011:419 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Chakrabarty et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33338]). Current status: Valid as Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard 1859. Amblyopsidae. Distribution: Eastern U.S.A.: Aabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas. Habitat: freshwater. : longicauda, Cobitis Kessler [K. F.] 1872:65 [21], Pl. 11 (figs. 30-31) [Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 14134] Ak-Darya River, Uzbekistan. Holotype (unique): ZISP 2628. Type catalog: Svetovidova 1978:262 [ref. 9011] but ZISP 2686 is not the holotype. On p. 21 of separate. name misprinted Cobitls for Cobitis. •Synonym of Nemacheilus malapterurus (Valenciennes 1846), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:884 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus, see Coad 1981:14 [ref. 22348]). •Valid as Nemacheilus longicaudus (Kessler 1872) -- (Coad 1998:103 [ref.23869], Coad & Abdoli 2000:56 [ref. 25296]). •May be a subspecies or synonym of Nemacheilus malapterus (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Coad 1995:22 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler 1872) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:443 [ref. 23187], Prokofiev 2009:888 [ref. 30604], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Freyhof et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33505], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:340 [ref. 33744], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:885 [ref. 34062]). Current status: Valid as Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler 1872). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Uzbekistan, Iran and adjacent aras. Habitat: freshwater. : perumali, Holanthias Talwar [P. K.] 1976:362, Fig. [Journal of Natural History v. 10 (no. 4); ref. 7395] Arbian Sea off Quilon, 9°N, 76°E, India, depth 300 meters. Holotype: ZSI F6566/2. Paratypes: ZSI F6567/2 (1), 6568/2 (4). See Das 2003:376 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Holanthias perumali Talwar 1976 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377]). •Synonym of Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther 1872) -- (Randall & Heemstra 2006:21 [ref. 28602]). Current status: Synonym of Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther 1872). Serranidae: Anthiadinae. Habitat: marine. :

: leopoldi, Astyanax Géry [J.], Planquette [P.] & Le Bail [P.-Y.] 1988:9, Figs. 1-3, 6 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 6408] Alicoto Falls, upstream Camopi River, Moyen Oyapok, French Guiana. Holotype: IRSNB 731. Paratypes: IRSNB 732 (99, now 25), 733-737 (2, 8, 5, 3, 2); MHNG 2383-99 (1), 2393- 98 (24); MNHN 1981-0367 to 0389 (3, 7, 2), 1981-0392 (2), 1981-0552 (2), 1981-0560 (1), 1981-0565 (5), 1981-0568 (2), 1981-0569 (5). •Valid as Astyanax leopoldi Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1988 -- (Géry et al. 1991:49 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:250 [ref. 22818], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:110 [ref.27061], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref. 32569], Marinho & Ohara 2013:476 [ref. 32713]). Current status: Valid as Astyanax leopoldi Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1988. Characidae: Astyanax clade. Distribution: Approuage and Oyapock River basins: Brazil and French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater. : dhofar, Apogon Mee [J. K. L.] in Randall 1995:161, Fig. 394 [Coastal fishes of Oman; ref. 22896] Eagles Retreat near Mirbat, 16°58'00"N, 54°42'50"E, Oman, Arbian Sea, depth 8 meters. Holotype: CAS 82327. Paratypes: BMNH 1995.9.20.1-2 (2); BPBM 36328 (1), 35869 (2), 35916 (2); CAS 82330-31 (5, 4); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 49074- 75 (1, 1); USNM 337777 (1). Authori is J. K. L. Mee. Appeared inadvertently first as above with authorship attributed to Mee; then in Mee 1996:103, Figs. 1, 3-5 [ref. 22471]; apparently the description is taken from Mee, and we regard Mee as author. •Synonym of Aponichthyoides enigmaticus Smith 1961 -- (T. Fraser pers. com. 7/2010). Current status: Synonym of Apogonichthyoides enigmaticus Smith 1961. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine. ::: bertelseni, Conocara Sazonov [Yu. I.] 2002:271, Fig. [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 42 (no. 2); ref. 26009] Arabian Sea, 12°43'N, 52°44'E, depth 2380-2300 meters. Holotype: ZMMGY P-18848. •Valid as Conocara bertelseni Sazonov 2002 -- (Sazonov et al. 2009:854 [ref. 30625]). Current status: Valid as Conocara bertelseni Sazonov 2002. Alepocephalidae. Distribution: Arabia Sea. Habitat: marine. : borealis, Squalus Scoresby [W.] 1820:538, Pl. 15 (figs. 3-5) [An account of the Arctic regions v. 1; ref. 18713] Spitzbergen (Svalbard) Sea. Not mentioned in Yano et al. 2004 [ref. 28078]. •Synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:47 [ref. 7165], Compagno 1984:103 [ref. 6474], Castro 2011:124 [ref. 31457]). Current status: Synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Somniosidae. Habitat: marine. : derjugini, Careproctus Chernova [N. V.] 2005:729, Fig. 2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 45 (no. 6); ref. 28449] Central Arctic basin to northeast of Spitzbergen, 81°25.2'N, 30°30'E, depth 363-344 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 50063. •Valid as Careproctus derjugini Chernova 2005 -- (Knudsen & Møller 2008:180 [ref. 29611], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31212], Chernova 2014:514 [ref. 33566], Parin et al. 2014:318 [ref.33547], Chernova 2015:772 [ref. 33664]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus derjugini Chernova 2005. Liparidae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean near Spitzbergen. Habitat: marine. : hamatus, Icelus Krøyer [H. N.] 1845:253 [Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (n. s.) v. 1; ref. 2689] Belsund, Spitzbergen. Lectotype: ZMUC P811869. Paralectotypes: ?ZMUC 10-11 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:81 [ref. 9588]. Lectotype designated by Nelson 1984:35 [ref. 5391]. •Synonym of Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt 1840) -- (Neyelov 1973:596 [ref. 7219], Nelson 1984:35 [ref. 5391], Parin et al. 2002:S77 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:253 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt 1840). Cottidae. Habitat: marine. : esipovi, Gymnelus Chernova [N. V.] 1999:306, Figs. 1-2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 24868] Kara Sea, 78°53'N, 80°34'E, depth 40 meters. Holotype: ZIN 30558. Paratypes: ZIN 14139 (3), 29453 (2), 32073 (1), 51568 (1), 51569 (1). Plus non-type material. Type datalog: Balushkin et al 2011:963 [ref. 32499], Balushkin et al. 2012:159 [ref. 33667]. Anderson in Anderson & Fedorov 2004:5 [ref. 27603] believes this is probably a synonym of G. retrodorsalis. •Synonym of Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois 1913 with que`stion -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2011:124, 128 [ref. 31212], Mecklenburg & Anderson 2015:284 [ref. 33742]), •Valid as Gymnelus esipovi Chernova 1999 -- (Chernova 2000:8 [ref. 24885], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:5 [ref. 27603], Balushkin et al 2011:963 [ref. 32499], Dolgov 2013:919 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:391 [ref.33547]). Current status: Valid as Gymnelus esipovi Chernova 1999. Zoarcidae: Gymnelinae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean: northern Kara Sea, Barents Sea, and off Spitzbergen [if valid]. Habitat: marine. : eudipleurostictus, Lycodes Jensen [A. S.] 1902:206 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1901; ref. 14758] Faroe Islands to Spitzbergen, northern Atlantic, depth 350-471 fathoms. Syntypes: NRM 25527 (1); ZMUC 7, 138; ZMUO (4). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:77 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Lycodes eudipleurostictus Jensen 1902 -- (Andriashev 1973:543 [ref. 9214], McAllister et al. 1981:830 [ref. 5431], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1138 [ref. 13677], Anderson 1994:118 [ref. 21438], Saito & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:195 [ref. 22531], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:723 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:24 [ref. 27603], Shinohara & Shirai 2005:171 [ref. 28232], Møller et al. 2010:60 [ref. 31169], Balushkin et al. 2011:993 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:162 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:920 [ref. 33112], Mecklenburg et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33463], Parin et al. 2014:410 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes eudipleurostictus Jensen 1902. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine. : flagellicauda, Lycenchelys Jensen [A. S.] 1902:210 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1901; ref. 14758] Spitzbergen to Faroe Islands, depth 459-1089 fathoms. Syntypes: ZIN 40722 [ex. ZMUC 28]; ZMUC 21-31; ZMUO J4589 (1), J4590 (2). Type catalog: Pethon 1969:12 [ref. 19268], Nielsen 1974:76 [ref. 9588], Balushkin et al. 2011:1017 [ref. 32449], Balushkin et al. 2012:159 [ref. 33667]. •Valid as Lycodonus flagellicauda (Jensen 1902) -- (Andriashev 1973:546 [ref. 9214], Gosztonyi 1981:156 [ref. 8596], Toyoshima 1985:143 [ref. 5722], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1147 [ref. 13677], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Koyanagi in Okamura et al. 1995:204 [ref. 22531], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:31 [ref. 27603], Møller et al. 2010:64 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Balushkin et al. 2011:1017 [ref. 32449], Parin et al. 2014:424 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lycodonus flagellicauda (Jensen 1902). Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine. : konstantinovi, Cottunculus Myagkov [N. A.] 1991:37 [Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii [Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series] v. 96 (no. 3); ref.20068] Spitzbergen, 80°26'N, 13°03'E, Arctic Ocean, depth 300 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMMU P-16261. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:80 [ref. 25714]. •Questionably a synonym of Cottunculus microps Collett 1875 -- (Parin et al. 2002:S92 [ref. 28300]). •Valid as Cottunculus konstantinovi Myagkov 1991 -- (Byrkjedal & Orlov 2007:67 [ref. 29312], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:124, 125 [ref. 31212] but needing further study). •Synonym of Cottunculus microps Collett 1875 -- (Byrkjedal et al. 2014:14 [ref. 33415], Mecklenburg et al. 2014:137 [ref. 33463], Parin et al. 2014:298 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Cottunculus microps Collett 1875. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northern Spitzbergen (unique holotype) (if valid). Habitat: marine. : frigidus, Lycodes Collett [R.] 1879:45 [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1878) No. 14; ref. 885] Bear Island and Spitzbergen, Arctic Ocean, depth 475-2438 meters. Syntypes: BMNH 1885.12.2.1 (1) from Collett; MNHN 1890-0370 (1); NMW 77810 (1); USNM 22977 (1), ZMUB 1688 (1), 2223 (1); ZMUC 24 (1); ZMUO J4517-22 (6), plus 1 destroyed and some not traced. Type catalog: Pethon 1969:11 [ref. 19268], Nielsen 1974:77 [ref. 9588], Frøiland 1979:150 [ref. 21547], Springer & Anderson 1997:18 [ref. 22953]. •Valid as Lycodes frigidus Collett 1879 -- (Andriashev 1973:543 [ref. 9214], McAllister et al. 1981:829 [ref. 5431], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1139 [ref. 13677], McAllister 1990:159 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:118 [ref. 21438], Saito & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:196 [ref. 22531], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:726 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:25 [ref. 27603], Møller et al. 2010:60 [ref. 31169], Balushkin et al. 2011:995 [ref. 32449], Mecklenburg et al. 2014:144 ,145 [ref. 33463], Parin et al. 2014:411 [ref. 33547], Parin et al. 2014:411 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes frigidus Collett 1879. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine. :: hyperborea, Raja Collett [R.] 1879:7 [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1878) No. 14; ref. 885] Northwest of Spitzbergen, depth 839 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUO J.3134. Type catalog: Pethon 1969:3 [ref. 19268]. Holotype figured in Collett 1880: Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [ref. 887]. •Valid as Raja hyperborea Collett 1879 -- (Stehmann 1973:61 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:174 [ref. 13675], Scott & Scott 1988:44 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:37 [ref. 14674], Last & Stevens 1994:350 [ref. 23873], Nakaya in Okamura et al. 1995:58 [ref. 22531], Dolganov 1999:429 [ref. 24873], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Fedorov et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27579]). •Valid as Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett 1879) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:490 [ref. 25589], Last & Yearsley 2002:1640 [ref. 26568], Hoese et al. 2006:181 [ref. 29001], Møller et al. 2010:16 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:117 [ref. 31212], Delpiani et al. 2012:57 [ref. 31788], Dolgov 2013:915 [ref. 33112], Mecklenburg et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33463], Parin et al. 2014:29 [ref. 33547], Last & Stewart 2015:177 [ref. 34224]). Current status: Valid as Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett 1879). Rajidae. Distribution: Cosmopolitan, North Atlantic, western Arctic Ocean, and South Pacific (New Zealand and Tasmania). Habitat: marine. :: mentella, Sebastes Travin [V. I.] 1951:743 [3], Fig. 1b [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. A (Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS), Leningrad new series, v. 77; ref. 12925] Medvezhinskii Banks (Bear Island Banks), Berents Sea, depth 200+ meters. Syntypes: (100) whereabouts unknown. On p. 3 of English translation. •Valid as Sebastes mentella Travin 1951 -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:584 [ref. 7218], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1226 [ref. 13677], Kenchington 1986:783 [ref. 11433], Robins & Ray 1986:277 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:483 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:188 [ref. 14674], Ishida in Okamura et al. 1995:152 [ref. 22531], Desrosiers et al. 1999:267 [ref. 24220], Parin et al. 2002:S62 [ref. 28300], Moore et al. 2003:222 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:115 [ref. 27807], Møller et al. 2010:51 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:918 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:217 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes mentella Travin 1951. Sebastidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: North Atlantic - Arctic region, Barents Sea, Spitzbergen. Habitat: marine. :

pallidus, Lycodes Collett [R.] 1879:70 [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1878) No. 14; ref. 885] West of Norskøyane, Spitzbergen, depth 475 and 839 meters. Syntypes: ZMUO J4540 (1), J4541 (1). Type catalog: Pethon 1969:12 [ref. 19268]. Also appeared as new in Collett 1880:110, Pl. 3 (figs. 26-27) [ref. 887]. •Valid as Lycodes pallidus Collett 1879 -- (Andriashev 1973:544 [ref. 9214], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1141 [ref. 13677], Robins & Ray 1986:237 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:409 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:161 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Saito & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:199 [ref. 22531], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:721 [ref. 25968], Møller 2001:982 [ref. 25812], Carl 2002:65 [ref. 26925], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:27 [ref. 27603], Nelson et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27807], Møller et al. 2010:62 [ref. 31169], Balushkin et al. 2011:1003 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:920 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:417 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes pallidusCollett 1879. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean: circumpolar and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine. : rossi, Lycodes Malmgren [A. J.] 1865:516 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps- Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. 1864 (no. 10) [v. 21]; ref. 17598] Treurenberg Bay, Spitzbergen, 5 fathoms and other localities. Syntypes: ?BMNH; NRM 9398 (1, juvenile), NRM not found (1). Based in part Blennius polaris of J.C. Ross, Append. to Parry's Attempt to reach the North-pole, 1827, p. 200. Sometimes as rossii but rossi is correct. •Synonym of Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt 19835 with question -- (Meckenburg et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31212]). •Valid as Lycodes rossi Malmgren 1865 -- (Andriashev 1973:546 [ref. 9214], McAllister et al. 1981:825 [ref. 5431], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1143 [ref. 13677], McAllister 1990:161 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:713 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:28 [ref. 27603], Nelson et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27807], Balushkin et al. 2011:1010 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:920 [ref. 33112], Mecklenburg et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33463], Parin et al. 2014:420 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes rossi Malmgren 1865. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic and North Atlantic: Canada to Kara Sea. Habitat: marine. : spitzbergensis, Icelus bicornis Schmidt [P. J.] 1927:7 [Ezegodnik Zoologiceskogo Muzeja = Annuaire du Musée Zoologique / Akademija Nauk Sojuza Sovetskich Socialisticeskich Respublik. v. 28; ref. 19815] Spitzbergen. Syntypes: ZIN 11867 (3), 11900-02 (1, 4, 6+), 12750-52 (3, 2, 5), 12754-55 (13, 3), 12807-08 (1, 1), 13993-97 (6+, 6+, 1, 1, 1). •Synonym of Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt 1840) -- (Neyelov 1973:596 [ref. 7219], Nelson 1984:36 [ref. 5391], Parin et al. 2002:S77 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:253 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt 1840). Cottidae. Habitat: marine. : taikyra, Crenicichla Casciotta [J. R.], Almirón [A. E.], Aichino [D.], Gómez [S. E.], Piálek [L.] & Říčan [O.] 2013:380, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 3721 (no. 4); ref. 32938] Misiones Province, río Paraná at Candelaria, 27°21'43.0"S, 55°51'54.7"W, Argentina. Holotype: MACN-ict 9461. Paratypes: AI 264 (4 c&s), 306 (3); MLP 10398 (5); MACN-ict 9462 (3), 9463 (7), 9464 (4), 9465 (4), 9466 (13). Type catalog: Nadalin & López 2015:9 [ref. 34112]. •Valid as Crenicichla taikyra Casciotta, Almirón, Aichino, Gómez, Piálek & Říčan 2013 -- (Koerber 2014:13 [ref. 33621], Piálek et al. 2015:25 [ref. 33984]). Current status: Valid as Crenicichla taikyra Casciotta, Almirón, Aichino, Gómez, Piálek & Říčan 2013. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Middle río Paraná, Argenina. Habitat: freshwater. :

: auroguttatus, Hypostomus Kner [R.] (ex Natterer & Heckel) 1854:269 [19], Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 7; ref. 2628] Locality unknown. Syntypes: (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155]. On p. 19 of separate. •Valid as Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner 1854 -- (Isbrücker 1980:20 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:430 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Britski et al. 1998:135 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:356 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27366], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644] with Natterer & Heckel as authors, Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155], Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33621] not in Argenina). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner 1854. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Paraná River drainage: Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : pangenensis, Oreoglanis Sinha [B.] & Tamang [L.] 2015:332, Figs. 1, 2b, 3, 4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 25 (no. 4); ref. 33745] Pange River, upper Brahmaputra River basin, Lower Sunansiri district, Ziro Valley, Aro-Lenching, Apatani plateau, Arunchal Pradish, India, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952'E, elevation 1600 meters. Holotype (unique): ZSI / APRC P-791. •Valid as Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang 2015. Current status: Valid as Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang 2015. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Arunchal Pradish, India. Habitat: freshwater. : sirenica, Pseudecheneis Vishwanath [W.] & Darshan [A.] 2007:2628, Pl. 2; Fig. 2 [Zoos' Print Journal v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 28988] Siren River, Upper Siang District, Brahmaputra River. drainage, Arunchal Pradish, India. Holotype: MUMF 9070/1. Paratypes: (5). •Valid as Pseudecheneis sirenica Vishwanath & Darshan 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2010:199 [ref. 31042]). Current status: Valid as Pseudecheneis sirenicaVishwanath & Darshan 2007. Sisoridae: Glyptosterninae. Distribution: Siren River, brahmaputra basin, India. Habitat: freshwater. : arunachalensis, Bhavania Nath [P.], Dam [D.], Bhutia [P. T.], Dey [S. C.] & Das [D. N.] 2007:72, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-3), Pl. 2 (figs. 4-6) [Records of the Zoological Survey of India v. 107 (part 3); ref. 29444] River Noadhing drainage near Namsai, about 30 kilometers from Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Holotype: APFS/ZSI/P-488. Paratypes: APFS/ZSI/P-489 (7). •Valid as Bhavania arunachalensis Nath, Dam, Bhutia, Dey & Das 2007 -- (Kottelat 2012:44 [ref. 32367] as species Inquirenda and incertae sedis). Current status: Valid as Bhavania arunachalensis Nath, Dam, Bhutia, Dey & Das 2007. Balitoridae. Distribution: Noadhing River basin, Arunachal Pradish, southern India. Habitat: freshwater. : rheophilus, Sisor Ng [H. H.] 2003:2877, 2c, 4c, 6 [Journal of Natural History v. 37 (no. 23); ref. 27187] Kali Nadi River, near Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradish State, India. Holotype: UMMZ 189651. Paratypes: CAS 211745 (27). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:402 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Sisor rheophilus Ng 2003 -- (Vishwanath & Darshan 2005:1952 [ref. 28296], Jayaram 2006:172 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:39 [ref.28859], Edds & Ng 2007:131 [ref. 29199], Ferraris 2007:402 [ref. 29155], Shestha 2008:192 [ref. 29923], Javid & Mirza 2011:20 [ref. 32742]). Current status: Valid as Sisor rheophilus Ng 2003. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ganges River drainage, India, Nepal and Bangladesh (?). Habitat: freshwater. ;

evezardi, Nemacheilus Day [F.] 1872:182 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 41 (pt 2, nos 1-4); ref. 14133] Kotumsar Cave, 18°52'09"N, 81°56'05"E [18°52'10"N, 81°56'04"E], Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI 2678 (lost). Original as Evezardi. Often dated to 1878 [ref. 4887]. •Valid as Nemacheilus evezardi Day 1872 -- (Menon 1987:191 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:480 [ref. 20764], Zacharias et al. 1996:41 [ref. 25526], Menon 1999:188 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661] as everardi, Romero & Paulson 2001:20 [ref. 26040], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:17 [ref. 27711]). •Valid as Indoreonectes evezardi (Day 1872) -- (Kottelat 1990:55 [ref. 16763], Madhusoodana Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:77 [ref. 28530], Proudlove 2006:102 [ref. 28992], Kottelat 2012:85 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Oreonectes evezardi (Day 1872) -- (Singh & Yazdani 1993:199 [ref. 24022], Rema Devi et al. 2002:127 [ref. 26361]). •Valid as Indoreonectes evezardi(Day 1872) -- (Kottelat 1990:55 [ref. 16763], Madhusoodana Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:77 [ref. 28530], Proudlove 2006:102 [ref. 28992], Kottelat 2012:85 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Indoreonectes evezardi (Day 1872). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Madhya Pradish, India. Habitat: freshwater. : waikhomi, Aborichthys Kosygin [L.] 2012:49, Figs. 3-4, 5f [Records of the Zoological Survey of India v. 112 (no. 1); ref. 32937] Arunachal Pradish, Bulbulia stream near Bulbulia a tributary of Noa-Dihing river, Nandapha, India, 27°31'56.4"N, 96°27"32.2"E. Holotype: ERBC/ZSI/F.7414. Paratypes: V/APOC/ZSI/P-519 (3). •Valid as Aborichthys waikhomi Kosygin 2012 -- (Khynrian & Sen 2914:8 [ref. 33853]). Current status:Valid as Aborichthys waikhomi Kosygin 2012. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Arunachal Pradish, India. Habitat: freshwater. : runachalensis, Psilorhynchoides Nebeshwar [K.], Bagra [K.] & Das [D. N.] 2007:1632, Pl. 1; Figs. 2, 3b,4b, 5b [Zoos' Print Journal v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 28989] West Kameng District, Dirang River at Dirang, Brahmaputra River system, Arunchal Pradesh, India. Holotype: RGUMF-0001. Paratypes: (? 19) RGUMF-0002 (3), 0003 (4), 0004 (7), 0005 ( 3). •Valid as Psilorhynchus arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & Das 2007) -- (Conway & Kottelat 2007:47 [ref. 29430], Conway & Britz 2010:37 [ref. 30958], Conway et al. 2012:193 [ref. 32316], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2013:381 [ref. 32820], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2014:246 [ref, 33290], Lalramliana et al. 2014:270 [ref. 33295]). Current status: Valid as Psilorhynchus arunachalensis (Nebeshwar, Bagra & Das 2007). Psilorhynchidae. Distribution: India and China. Habitat: freshwater. : dikrongensis, Glyptothorax Tamang [L.] & Chaudhry [S.] 2011:2, Figs. 1, 3a-5a [Ichthyological Research v. 58 (no. 1); ref. 31145] Dikrong River at Doimukh, (tributary of Brahmaputra River), about 1 kilometer upstream from Khola Camp RCC Bridge, Midpu, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern Indai, 27°09'42.4"N, 93°45'21.4"E, elevation 121 meters. Holotype: ZSI V/APFS/P-515. Paratypes: ZSI V/APFS/P-516 (2). •Valid asGlyptothorax dikrongensis Tamang & Chaudhry 2011 -- (Ng & Lalramliana 2012:49 [ref. 32117], Ng & Lalramliana 2012:5 [ref. 32061], Yumnam & Vishwanath 2012:147 [ref. 32300], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2013:1 [ref. 32462], Ng & Lalramliana 2013:511 [ref. 32760], Darshan et al. 2015:120 [ref. 33810]). Current status: Valid as Glyptothorax dikrongensis Tamang & Chaudhry 2011. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Dikrong River, Arunchal Pradesh, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater. :

magna, Pseudolaguvia Tamang [L.] & Sinha [B.] 2014:38, Figs. 1-4 [Zootaxa 3887 (no. 1); ref. 33583] Arunchal Pradesh, Lower Dibang Valley District, Jiya stream, near Bolik village, approx. 14 km from Roing towards Shantipur, Assam, India, 28°00.377'N, 95°45.562'E. Holotype: ZSI/V/APRC/P-947. Paratypes: ZSI/V/APRC/P-948 (10). •Valid as Pseudolaguvia magna Tamang & Sinha 2014. Current status: Valid as Pseudolaguvia magna Tamang & Sinha 2014. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Assam, India. Habitat: freshwater. : magnidiscus, Garra Tamang [L.] 2013:32 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 24 (no. 1); ref. 32803] Holotype. Only first page examined. •Valid as Garra magnidiscus Tamang 2013 -- (Arunachalam et al. 2013:62 [ref. 33195], Arunachalam et al. 2013:121 [ref. 33196], Arunachalam et al. 2014:65 [ref. 33404], Arunachalam & Nandagopal 2014:49 [ref. 33405]). Current status: Valid as Garra magnidiscus Tamang 2013. Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: Arunchal Pradesh, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater. : melanostigma, Channa Geetakumari [K.] & Vishwanath [W.] 2011:231, Fig. 1-2a [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 107 (no. 3) [2010]; ref. 31586] Lohit River, Brahmaputra River drainage, Tezu, 27°54'41"N, 96°10'23"E, Lohit District, Arunchal Pradesh, India. Holotype: MUMF-Per 39. Paratypes: MUMF-Per 40-46 (7). •Valid as Channa melanostigma Geetakumari & Vishwanath 2011. Current status: Valid asChanna melanostigma Geetakumari & Vishwanath 2011. Channidae. Distribution: Lohit River, Brahmaputra River drainage, India. Habitat: freshwater. : pangenensis, Oreoglanis Sinha [B.] & Tamang [L.] 2015:332, Figs. 1, 2b, 3, 4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 25 (no. 4); ref. 33745] Pange River, upper Brahmaputra River basin, Lower Sunansiri district, Ziro Valley, Aro-Lenching, Apatani plateau, Arunchal Pradish, India, 27°29.160'N, 93°51.952'E, elevation 1600 meters. Holotype (unique): ZSI / APRC P-791. •Valid as Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang 2015. Current status: Valid as Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang 2015. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Arunchal Pradish, India. Habitat: freshwater. : pantherinus, Glyptothorax Anganthoibi [N.] & Vishwanath [W.] 2013:2, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 60 (no, 2); ref. 32462] Noa Dehing River, Brahmaputra River basin, Deban-Namdapha, Changlang district, Arunchal Pradesh, India, 27°30'03"N, 96°23'21"E. Holotype: MUMF 10047. Paratypes: MUMF 10048-51 (4). •Valid as Glyptothorax pantherinus Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2013 -- (Ng & Lalramliana 2013:511 [ref. 32760], Darshan et al. 2015:120 [ref. 33810]). Current status: Valid as Glyptothorax pantherinus Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2013. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Arunachal Pradesh, India. Habitat: freshwater. : sirenica, Pseudecheneis Vishwanath [W.] & Darshan [A.] 2007:2628, Pl. 2; Fig. 2 [Zoos' Print Journal v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 28988] Siren River, Upper Siang District, Brahmaputra River. drainage, Arunchal Pradish, India. Holotype: MUMF 9070/1. Paratypes: (5). •Valid as Pseudecheneis sirenica Vishwanath & Darshan 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2010:199 [ref. 31042]). Current status: Valid as Pseudecheneis sirenica Vishwanath & Darshan 2007. Sisoridae: Glyptosterninae. Distribution: Siren River, brahmaputra basin, India. Habitat: freshwater. :

visovacensis, Salmo Taler [Z.] 1950:118, Fig. [Glasnik Hrvatskoga Prirodoslovniga drustva (2B) v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 12923] Visovac Lake, Dalmatia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies -- (Mrakovcic et al. 1995:183 [ref. 23079]). •Questionably valid as Salmo visovacensis Taler 1950 -- (Kottelat 1997:143 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Salmo farioides Karaman 1938 -- (Bianco 2013:4 [2014:65] [ref.32897]). Current status: Valid as Salmo farioides Karaman 1938. Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: Southern Europe. Habitat: freshwater. : blochii, Monacanthus Billberg [S. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] America [in error]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4167. Based on the Balistes tomentosus of Bloch 1786:Pl. 148 (fig. 1) [ref.465], allegedly different from Balistes tomentosus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine. : broussonetii, Centrina Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Capbreton, north of Bayonne, France, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Holotype (unique): lost. Unnecessary replacement name for Squalus americanus Gmelin 1789; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788). Dalatiidae. Habitat: marine. : cinereus, Orbis Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mauritius, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on the “etoilé [sic] Lac. cinereus Commers.”, i.e. the "Le Tétrodon étoilé" of Lacepède 1798:483 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon cinereus, nigro guttatus, hispidus setis è basi stellata exortis"of Commerson 1767-1771 [ref. 34154]; see Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106] and Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine. : cirrhosus, Anodon Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Red Sea. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for the "Kilmal Forsk." [sic, should read Squalus kumal Forsskål 1775]; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Scyllium ferrugineum Lesson 1831 is followed (ICZN Art. 23.9). •Questionably a synonym of Nebrius ferrugineus(Lesson 1831) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Uncertain as Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson 1831). Ginglymostomatidae. Habitat: marine. : cornutus, Anodon Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Squalus edentulusBrünnich 1768; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Myliobatidae: Mobulinae. Habitat: marine. :

cuvieri, Monacanthus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated Holotype (unique): ZMB 5195. Based on the Balistes monoceros of Bloch 1786:Pl. 147 [ref. 465], allegedly different from Balistes monoceros Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status:Synonym of Aluterus monocerus (Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine. : dumerillii, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No types known. •Synonym of Mobula mobular Bonnaterre 1788 -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula mobular Bonnaterre 1788. Myliobatidae: Myliobatinae. Habitat: marine. : frenata, Cotilla Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. No types at MNHN. Based on "Le Baliste Bridé" of Lacepède 1798:378 [ref.2708], which is based on the "Balistes totus niger" of Commerson 1767-1771 [ref. 34154]; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille 1804) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147] as fraenatus). Current status: Synonym ofSufflamen fraenatum (Latreille 1804). Balistidae. Habitat: marine. : guttatus, Orbis Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mare Indicum circa insulam Francicam. No types known. Based on the "moucheté Lac.", i.e., Le Tétrodon moucheté of Lacepède 1798:491 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon hispidus supernè fuscus, deorsum exalbidus, guttis nigris ..."of Commerson 1767-1771 [ref. 34154]; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine. : ichthyocolla, Acipenser Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Danube and the rivers of Russia. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for "Huso Linn." [should readAcipenser huso Linnaeus 1758]; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Huso huso (Linnaeus 1758)-- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Huso huso (Linnaeus 1758). Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : isabellina, Scylia Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] New Zealand. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Squalus isabella Gmelin 1789; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Cephaloscyllium isabella (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Cephaloscyllium isabella (Bonnaterre 1788). Scyliorhinidae. Habitat: marine. : lacepedei, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No types known. •Synonym of Raja manatia Schneider 1801 and Manta brostris (Walbaum 1792) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Manta biostris (Walbaum 1792). Myliobatidae: Myliobatinae. Habitat: marine. :

lacepedei, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. J.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. No types known. Genus erroneously abbreviated as "M."; should be Cephaloptera. Based on the "La raie manatia" of Lacepède 1798:160 [ref. 2708]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Manta birostris (Walbaum 1792). Myliobatidae: Mobulinae. Habitat: marine. : macropterus, Anodon Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for [Squalus] massasa Forsskål 1775; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Uncertain in Carcharhinidae. Carcharhinidae. Habitat: marine. : marcgravii, Monacanthus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. no types known. Based on "Acaramuca [sic] Marcgr.", i.e., the Acaramucu of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:163 [ref. 30347]; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147] as Marcgravus. •Synonym of Aluterus monoceros(Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Aluterus monoceros(Linnaeus 1758). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine. : marcgravii, Muliobatus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. No types known. Genus should have been Myliobatis. Based on [Myliobatis] Naxarii of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648 [ref. 30347]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147] as Marcgravus. •Probably synonym of Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen 1790) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen 1790). Myliobatidae: Myliobatinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. : palmstruchii, Syngnathus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:54, Fig. 3 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Bohuslän Archipelago, Sweden. No types known. •Synonym of Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:115 [ref. 33147]). Current status: Synonym of Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus 1758). Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. : psittacinus, Orbis Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] India [erroneous, should be Western Atlantic] Syntypes: ZMUU Linn. Coll. 47 (1). Based on "Peroquet [sic] Lacep.", i.e. "Le Tétrodon perroquet" of Lacepède 1798:477 [ref. 2708], which is based on Tetraodon testudineus Linnaeus 1758; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus 1758). Tetrabrachiidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : pustulatus, Syngnathus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:54, Fig. 1 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Bohuslän Archipelago, Sweden. No types known. •Synonym of Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:115 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. :

punctulatus, Orbis Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mauritius? No types known. Based on the “pointillé Lac.”, i.e., Le Tétrodon pointillé of Lacepède 1798:485 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon hispidus, punctis in dorso, guttis in ventre defluentibus atris ..." of Commerson 1767-1771:No. 80 [ref. 34154]; see Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106] and Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106]). •Probably a synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus 1758). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. : rissoi, Cephaloptera Billberg [G. J.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Genus erroneously abbreviated as "M."; should have been Cephaloptera. Based on the Cephalopterus massena of Risso 1810:15 [ref. 3755]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status:Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788). Myliobatidae: Mobulinae. Habitat: marine. : rissoi, Cephalopterus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No types known. •Synonym of Cephalopterus massea Risso 1810 and synonym of Mobula mobular (Boaterre 1788) -- (Kullader 2016:51 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Mobula massena Risso 1810. Myliobatidae: Myliobatinae. Habitat: marine. : russelii, Scylia Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Vizagapatnam, India. No types known. Based on the "Boku Sorsa" [sic, should have been "Bokee sorrah"] of Russell 1803, v. 1:10, Pl.16 [ref. 13862]; see Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle 1838 is followed (ICZN Art. 23.9). •Possibly a synonym ofChiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle 1839 -- (Kullander 2016:112 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle 1839. Hemiscylliidae. Habitat: marine. : sebae, Monacanthus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Carolinas, U.S.A. No types known. Based on the Balistes hispidus of Gmelin 1789:1463 [ref. 18139], allegedly different from Balistes hispidus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym ofStephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus 1766). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine. : striatus, Tetraodon Billberg [G. H.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4242. Unnecessary replacement name for Tetraodon lineatus of Bloch 1786:Pl. 141 [ref. 465], allegedly different from Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]).Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. : virens, Syngnathus Billberg [G. H.] 1833:115, Fig. 2 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Bohuslän Archipelago, Sweden. No types known. •Synonym of Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:115 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus 1758. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. : voracissima, Zyganna Billberg [G. H.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic [original: "Europa, America"]. No types known. Syntypes: NRM 88 (1). Unnecessary replacement name for "Zygaena Linn." (is Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758); see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym ofSphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758). Sphyraenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. : vulgaris, Acipenser Billberg [G. H.] 1833:52 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Charente River at Saintes, France. Neotype: MNHN 1962- 1295. Unnecessary replacement name for "Hurio Linn." [sic, should read Acipenser sturio Linnaeus 1758]; see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Acipenser sturio Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser sturio Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : zayanensis, Luciobarbus Doadrio [I.], Casal-López [M.] & Yahyaoui [A.] Doadrio [I.], Casal-López [M.], Perea [S.] & Yahyaoui [A.] 2016:10, Fig. 8 [Graellsia v. 72 (no. 1): e039; ref. 34185] Chbouka River, Oum er Rbia Basin, El Herri (Elhri), Atlantic slope in Morocco, 32°51'34.2"N, 5°37'16.9"W, elevation 872 meters. Holotype: MNCN 279706. Paratypes: MNCN. •Valid as Luciobarbus zayanensis Doadrio, Casal-López & Yahyaoui 2016. Current status: Valid as Luciobarbus zayanensis Doadrio, Casal-López & Yahyaoui 2016. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: Oum er Rbia Basin, Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Habitat: freshwater. : blitonensis, Barbus Bleeker [P.] 1852:96 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 16831] Tjirutjup River, Belitung Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Puntius binotatus (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Roberts 1989:60 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Barbodes binotatus (Vanenciennes 1842) -- (Kottelat 2013:77 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Barbodes binotatus (Valenciennes 1842). Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Habitat: freshwater. : lipocheila, Dangila Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1842:232 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 16; ref. 1009] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2531. Type information: Roberts 1993:15, 20 [ref. 21799]. Simultaneous subjective synonym, of Osteichilus microphthalmus Valenciennes 1942; Roberts1993;15 gives precedence to microcephalus. Kottelat (2013) says syntypes. •In part a synonym of Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Roberts 1993:15 [ref. 21799]). •Questionably a synonym of Osteochilus hasseltii (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Roberts 1993:19 [ref. 21799]). •Questionably a synonym of Osteochilus microcephalus (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Roberts 1993:20 [ref. 21799]). •Synonym of Osteochilus microcephalus (Vanenciennes 1842) -- (Kottelat 2013:135 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Osteochilus microcephalus (Valenciennes 1842). Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Habitat: freshwater. : nilgeriensis, Hypselobarbus Arunachalam [M.], Chinnaraja [S.] & Mayden [R. L.] 2016:101, Fig. 3 [International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 34190] Bhavani River at Nellithurai, Tamil Nandu, India. Holotype: MSUMNH 245. Paratypes: CMA •Valid as Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden 2016. Current status: Valid as Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden 2016. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: Bhavani River, Tamil Nandu, and Noolpuzha River, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater. : oxyrhynchus, Carcharias (Prionodon) Vanenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1839:41, [Pl. 15] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Suriname. Syntypes: (2) ?MNHN A-9664 (1) Cayenne, RMNH 4297 (1) Suriname, ?ZMB 4539 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:71 [ref. 20739]. •Valid as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:56 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:510 [ref. 6846], Cervigón 1992:176 [ref. 23827], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:81 [ref. 24490] as oxyrhinchus, Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Grace 2001:17 [ref. 25694], Soto 2001:64, 75 [ref. 26637], Compagno 2003:491 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27192], Castro 2011:475 [ref. 31457], Weigmann 2016:243 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle 1839). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Central western Atlantic: southern Caribbean Sea to Brazil. Habitat: brackish, marine. : mikadoi, Acipenser Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1892:98 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1892; ref. 14511] Hokaido, Japan. No types known. •Synonym of Acipenser acutirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Okada 1961:282 [ref. 6363]). •Sometimes considered a subspecies of Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:725 [ref. 24702]). •Synonym of Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854 -- (Kim 1997:539 [ref. 24032], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:42 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:24 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf 1892 -- (Birstein & Bemis 1997:159 [ref. 29760], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:114 [ref 25968], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:313 [ref. 30085], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Parin et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf 1892. Acipenseridae. Distribution: Asian coast of northern Paific Ocean, southern Okhotsk Sea and Japan to Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : nanonocticolus, Gelanoglanis Soares-Porto [L. M.], Walsh [S. J.], Nico [L. G.] & Netto [J. M.] 1999:65, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 23671] Río Asisa, 22-30 kilometers upstream from confluence with Río Paru, Río Ventuari drainage, Orinoco River basin, about 4°33'N, 65°54'W, elevation 115 meters. Holotype: MCNG 22690. Paratypes: MCNG 36442 (1), MZUSP 28308 (2), UF 105681 (1), USNM 347131 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:74 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Gelanoglanis nanonocticolus Soares-Porto, Walsh, Nico & Netto 1999 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:475 [ref. 27061], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:475 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:74 [ref. 29155], Rengifo et al. 2008:183 [ref. 29738], Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2013:265 [ref. 32754], Calegari et al. 2014:705 [ref. 33611]). Current status: Valid as Gelanoglanis nanonocticolus Soares-Porto, Walsh, Nico & Netto 1999. Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae. Distribution: Asisa River basin in Orinoco Riverdrainage and Negro River basin: Brazil and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater. : kroyeri, Scopelus Malm [A. W.] 1861:617 [Förhandlingar vid de Skandinaviske Naturforskarnes. v. 8 (for 1860); ref. 17594] North Atantic. Holotype (unique): NMG Pi.su. 219 (stomach content). Species originally as kröyeri [not kröyerii as in Eschmeyer et al. 1998]; according to Art. 32.5.2.1 of the Code, if the name is not based on a German word, the "e" should not be added; correct is apparently Scopelus kroyeri. •Synonym of Notoscopelus elongatus(Costa 1844), but a valid subspecies -- (Moore et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27076] as kroyeri). •Valid as Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm 1861) -- (Krefft & Bekker 1973:195 [ref. 7181], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Hulley in Whitehead et al. 1984:478 [ref. 13675], McAllister 1990:110 [ref. 14674], Hulley in Okamura et al. 1995:104 [ref. 22531] as kroeyerii, Santos et al. 1997:50 [ref. 23531] as kroeyerii, Arruda 1997:50 [ref. 24952] as kroeyerii, Filin 1998:284 [ref.24676] as kroeyerii, Bañón Díaz et al. 2001:291 [ref. 26424] as kroeyerii, Møller et al. 2010:34 [ref. 31169] as kroyeri, Parin et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33547] as kryeri). Current status: Valid as Notoscopelus kroyeri (Malm 1861). Myctophidae. Distribution: North Atlantic anf adjacent Arctic regions. Habitat: marine. : multifasciatum, Gobiosoma Steindachner [F.] 1876:231 [183] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] St. Thomas Island, and St. Bartholomy Island, West Indies. Syntypes: (several) NMW 76239 (2). On p. 183 of separate. •Valid as Elacatinus multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876) -- (Hoese & Reader 2001:157 [ref. 26035], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref.27111]). •Valid as Gobiosoma multifasciatum Steindachner 1876 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:251 [ref. 23100], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Victor 2010:2 [ref. 30797]). •Valid as Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876) -- (Van Tassell 2011:156 [ref. 31732], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:81 [ref. 33341], Victor 2014:25 [ref. 33549]). Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atantic. Habitat: marine. : petrosus, Brycon Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1913:84 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 10 (no. 8); ref. 12295] Upper Río Chagres, Panama. Holotype: FMNH 7589. Paratypes: FMNH 12299-340 (88, 19 lots), 32017 (1); ?USNM 78495 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:19 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:9 [ref. 19022]. Only holotype cited but description based on more than one specimen. •Valid as Brycon petrosus Meek & Hildebrand 1913 -- (Howes 1982:42 [ref. 14201], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27061], Angulo & Gracian-Negrete 2013:263 [ref. 32959]). Current status: Valid as Brycon petrosus Meek & Hildebrand 1913. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Distribution: Atantic and Pacific slopes of Panama. Habitat: freshwater. : whiffiagonis, Pleuronectes Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:120 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Cornwall, southwestern England. Lectotype: Spec. in Pl. 1 (fig. 2) in Rajus 1713 [not known]. Originally Whiff-Iagonis. Spelled whiffiagonis by some early authors. Spelled whiff-jasonis by Donndorff 1798:385 [ref. 17407]. Lectotype designated by Fricke 1999:52-53 [ref. 24101] as [the specimen in] Pl. 1 (fig. 2) in Rajus 1713 [specimen not in existence]. •Valid as Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum 1792) -- (Nielsen 1973:616 [ref. 6885], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1288 [ref. 13677], Golani 1996:29 [ref. 22271], Santos et al. 1997:113 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:118 [ref. 24952], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Fricke 1999:52 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:147 [ref. 26753], Chanet 2003:281 [ref. 27526], Fricke 2007:27 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:113 [ref. 29533], Voronina 2010:695 [ref. 31094], Parin et al. 2014:522 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum 1792). Scophthalmidae. Distribution: Eastern North Atantic and adjacent Arctic: Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway to Western Sahara. Habitat: marine. : affinis, Batasio Blyth [E.] 1860:150 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Tenasserim, Myanmar. Holotype: ZSI F7880/1 [? = A.549]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:85 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Batasio tengana (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:211 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Batasio affinis Blyth 1860 -- (Ng & Kottelat 2001:497 [ref. 25746], Bhatt & Jayaram 2004:1342 [ref. 27473], Ng 2004:67 [ref. 27646], Ng & Edds 2004:295 [ref.27993], Vishwanath & Darshan 2006:2162 [ref. 28454], Ng 2006:101 [ref. 28588], Jayaram 2006:80 [ref. 28762], Arunachalam & Muralidharan 2007:2680 [ref. 29123], Ferraris 2007:85 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2008:298 [ref.29391], Ng 2008:1 [ref. 29713], Darshan et al. 2011:52 [ref. 31332], Kottelat 2013:257 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Batasio affinis Blyth 1860. Bagridae. Distribution: Irrrawaddy, Sittang and Atarran River drainages, Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater. :

macrolepis, Scaeops Regan [C. T.] 1908:233, Pl. 27 (fig. 4) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Cargados Carajos Shoals, Indian Ocean, depth 20-30 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.3.23.145. •Valid as Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908) -- (Hensley & Randall 1990 [ref. 20143], Amaoka et al. 1993:398 [ref. 22091], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3831 [ref. 26311], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S122 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:615 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1048 [ref. 31980], Fricke 2015:6 [ref. 33807]). Current status: Valid as Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan 1908). Bothidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, St. Brandon's Sholds, Maldive Islands, Philippines. Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. : variabilis, Pteragogus Randall [J. E.] 2013:34, Figs. 23-27 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 7; ref. 32688] Mauritius, reef about 1.5 miles north of Flic en Flac, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 22926. Paratypes: BPBM 16331 (1); SAIAB 55132 (1); USNM 307218 (3), 361251 (5), 361252 (2), 361253 (1). •Valid as Pteragogus variabilis Randall 2013. Current status: Valid as Pteragogus variabilis Randall 2013. Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll and St. Branson's Shoals. Habitat: marine. : atlanticus, Argyripnus Maul [G. E.] 1952:56, Fig. 17 [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 6 (art. 16); ref. 21939] Funchal Harbor, Madeira, eastern Atlantic, at surface. Holotype (unique): MMF 3226. •Valid as Argyripnus atlanticus Maul 1952 -- (Witzell 1973:115 [ref. 7172], Yamamoto in Okamura et al. 1982:75, 325 [ref. 8256], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:304 [ref. 13675], Quéro et al. 1990:275 [ref. 14659], Parin 1992:136 [ref. 20424], Harold 2003:892 [ref. 27001], Harold & Lancaster 2003:888 [ref. 27382], Mundy 2005:167 [ref. 28379], Quéro et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30245], Lima et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31116]). Current status: Valid as Argyripnus atlanticus Maul 1952. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, western South Atlantic; eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Great Meteor Bank, Canary Islands, Endeavour Bank; ?Central PacificOcean: Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine. : snelsoni, Notropis Robison [H. W.] 1985:126, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1985 (no. 1); ref. 17269] Mountain Fork River (Red River drainage) at Arkansas State highway 246, 4.8 kilometers west of Hatfield, Polk County, Arkansas, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 212350. Paratypes: NLU 53959 (20); UMMZ 212351 (25), 212482 (5); USNM 263256 (30). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:148 [ref. 23395]. •Valid as Notropis snelsoni Robison 1985 -- (Robison & Buchanan 1988:231 [ref. 23393]). •Valid as Lythrurus snelsoni (Robison 1985) -- (Page & Burr 1991:115 [ref. 18983], Gilbert 1998:148 [ref. 23395], Nelson et al. 2004:72 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:122 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2005:23 [ref.28940], Page & Burr 2011:227 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Lythrurus snelsoni (Robison 1985). Cyprinidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Akansas and Oklahoma, U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater. :

: denticulatus, Tetragonopterus Silva [G. S. C.], Melo [B. F.], Oliveira [C .] & Benine [R. C.] 2013:1617, Figs. 1, 2b, 3e [Journal of Fish Biology v. 82 (no 5); ref. 32576] Aragarças, Rio Araguaia, Amazon basin, 15°53'31.5"S, 52°15'01.0"W, Goiás, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 111002. Paratypes: LBP 1518 (5, 1 c&s), 1629 (1), 5751 (4, 1 c&s); MZUSP 88119 (2). •Valid as Tetragonopterus denticulatus Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine 2013 -- (Araujo & Lucinda 2014:314 [ref. 33377]). Current status: Valid as Tetragonopterus denticulatus Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine 2013. Characidae: Tetragonopterinae. Distribution: Middle Araguaia, at border betweem states of Goiás and Mato Grosso, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : braueri, Cyclothone Jespersen [P.] & Tåning [A. V.] 1926:7, 52, Figs. 4, 6 (upper) [Report on the Danish Oceanographic Expedition 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.. v. 2 (Biology); ref. 15592] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: ZMUC P207585 (1), P207678 (1). •Valid as Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning 1926 -- (Witzell 1973:116 [ref. 7172], Badcock 1982:208 [ref. 8512], Badcock in Whitehead et al. 1984:290 [ref. 13675], Schaefer et al. 1986:249 [ref. 5709], Scott & Scott 1988:162 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:184 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:30 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:93 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:87 [ref. 14674], Quéro et al. 1990:284 [ref.14659], Gon 1990:118 [ref. 21680], Miya 1994:200 [ref. 22045], Gomon et al. 1994:247 [ref. 22532], Golani 1994:34 [ref. 23162], Santos et al. 1997:29 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:31 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:416 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:87 [ref. 24106], Porteiro et al. 1999:28 [ref. 24203], Harold 1999:1899 [ref. 24741], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:40 [ref. 26753], Craddock & Hartel in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:183 [ref. 26158], Figueiredo et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27192] with genus as Cyclotone, Harold 2003:884 [ref. 27001], Moore et al. 2003:182 [ref. 27076], Duhamel et al. 2005:397 [ref. 32059] with question, Paxton et al. 2006:420 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2007:57 [ref. 29533], Harold & Gomon 2008:225 [ref. 30629], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Møller et al. 2010:28 [ref. 31169], Goren & Galil 2015:512 [ref. 33910], Kenaley & Stewart 2015:427 [ref. 34248]). Current status: Valid as Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning 1926. Gonostomatidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (in the North Atlantic also in temperate waters northy to 66°N) (including Mediterranean Sea, Mascarenes), but except North Pacific. Habitat: marine. : dhofar, Apogon Mee [J. K. L.] in Randall 1995:161, Fig. 394 [Coastal fishes of Oman; ref. 22896] Eagles Retreat near Mirbat, 16°58'00"N, 54°42'50"E, Oman, Arbian Sea, depth 8 meters. Holotype: CAS 82327. Paratypes: BMNH 1995.9.20.1-2 (2); BPBM 36328 (1), 35869 (2), 35916 (2); CAS 82330-31 (5, 4); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 49074- 75 (1, 1); USNM 337777 (1). Authori is J. K. L. Mee. Appeared inadvertently first as above with authorship attributed to Mee; then in Mee 1996:103, Figs. 1, 3-5 [ref. 22471]; apparently the description is taken from Mee, and we regard Mee as author. •Synonym of Aponichthyoides enigmaticus Smith 1961 -- (T. Fraser pers. com. 7/2010). Current status: Synonym of Apogonichthyoides enigmaticus Smith 1961. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine. : herringi, Normichthys Sazonov [Yu. I.] & Merrett [N. R.] 2001:S43, Fig. 2 [Journal of Ichthyology v. 41 (suppl. 1); ref. 26652] Arbian Sea, 24°12.6'N, 58°35.4'E, caught bathypelagically over depth of 1100-1190 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1998.8.9.232. Paratypes: BMNH 1998.8.9.239 (1) •Valid as Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett 2001. Current status: Valid as Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett 2001. Platytroctidae. Distribution: Arabian Sea. Habitat: marine. : perumali, Holanthias Talwar [P. K.] 1976:362, Fig. [Journal of Natural History v. 10 (no. 4); ref. 7395] Arbian Sea off Quilon, 9°N, 76°E, India, depth 300 meters. Holotype: ZSI F6566/2. Paratypes: ZSI F6567/2 (1), 6568/2 (4). See Das 2003:376 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Holanthias perumali Talwar 1976 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377]). •Synonym of Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther 1872) -- (Randall & Heemstra 2006:21 [ref. 28602]).Current status: Synonym of Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther 1872). Serranidae: Anthiadinae. Habitat: marine. : fuliginosus, Abudefduf Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:339, Fig. 6 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 61. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 792-793 (1, 2). •Valid as Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith 1960) -- (Allen 1986:678 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:247 [ref. 19344], Fricke 1999:379 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706]).Current status: Valid as Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Kenya to Mozambique), Mazambique Channel, east to Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes). Habitat: marine. : mayeri, Nothobranchius Ahl [E.] 1935:126 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 112 (nos 5/6); ref. 13867] Beira, eastern Mazambique, 19°50'S, 32°52'E. Holotype (unique): ZMB 21155. Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:163 [ref.19981]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:93 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters 1844) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:270 [ref. 6198], Lazara 2001:226 [ref. 25711], Neumann 2008:43 [ref. 30291], Reichard 2010:49-50 [ref. 30694], Shidlovskiy et al. 2010:37 [ref. 31079]). Current status: Synonym of Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters 1844). Nothobranchiidae. Habitat: freshwater. : phoenixensis, Abudefduf Schultz [L. P.] 1943:190, Fig. 15 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef of Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands [Kiribati Islands], western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 115782. Paratypes: MCZ 37268 [ex USNM 15784] (1); USNM 115783 (3), 115784 (orig. 13, now 12), 115785 (orig. 44, now 42), 115786 (9). •Valid as Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis (Schultz 1943) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:197 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:680 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:48 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:275 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:248 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1993:232 [ref. 21003], Randall et al. 1997:275 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:184 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:933 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:933 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:334 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:376 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:430 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1463 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:311 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:81 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:610 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:265 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:121 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid asPlectroglyphidodon phoenixensis (Schultz 1943). Pomacentridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mazambique Channel, western Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, Christmas Island, Indonesia, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. :

: : rachovii, Nothobranchius Ahl [E.] 1926:346 [1], Fig. 1 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 37 (no. 14); ref. 19990] Beira, eastern Mazambique, 19°50'S, 34°52'E. Lectotype: ZMB 31417. Paralectotypes: ZMB 21389 (2), 21475 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:163 [ref. 19981]. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:93 [ref. 21847]. On p. 1 of separate. Lectotype designated by Paepke & Seegers 1986:163 [ref. 19981]. •Valid as Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl 1926 -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:272 [ref. 6198], Skelton 1993:272 [ref. 24071], Seegers 1997:16 [ref. 23895], Lazara 2001:227 [ref. 25711], Skelton 2001:272 [ref. 27406], Valdesalici 2007:61 [ref. 29287], Watters et al. 2009:105 [ref. 30572], Reichard 2010:50 [ref. 30694], Shidlovskiy et al. 2010:43 [ref. 31079], Shidlovskiy et al. 2010:37 [ref. 31079]). Current status: Valid as Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl 1926. Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: Mozambique and southeastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater. : minutus, Opsariichthys Nichols [J. T.] 1926:6, Fig. 5 [American Museum Novitates No. 224; ref. 15601] Fukien Province, China. Holotype: AMNH 8478. •Synonym of Opsariichthys uncirostris (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:41 [ref. 13497]). •Synonym of Opsariichthys bidens Günther 1873 -- (Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:47 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2013:130 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Opsariichthys minutus Nichols 1927 -- (Huynh & Chen 2014:142 [ref. 33158]). Current status: Valid as Opsariichthys minutus Nichols 1926. Cyprinidae: Xenocypridinae. Distribution: Outhern China. Habitat: freshwater. : mossambica, Scorpaena Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:434 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Ibo, 12°S, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: ZMB 772. Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:271 [ref. 19946]. Also described as new in Peters 1855:241 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:81 [ref. 29757], Eschmeyer 1986:469 [ref. 5652], Randall et al. 1990:79 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:79 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:97 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2327 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:577 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:164 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:63 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:577 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:118 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:883 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2010:89 [ref. 31256], Motomura et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31308], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:225 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34135]). Current status: Valid as Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters 1855). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Marshall and Society Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to Izu Islands, Japan, south to New Caledonia and Rapa (possibly mossambica is Indian Ocean only on ref. 31308). Habitat: marine. : polyspinus, Pomacentrus Allen [G. R.] 1991:155, 230, Fig. [Damselfishes of the world; ref. 19344] Ko Hi Island off Phuket, Thailand, 7°45'N, 98°22'E, depth 4-8 meters. Holotype: PMBC 4683. Paratypes: WAM P.26504-010 (4). Type catalog: Nateewanthana 1990:71 [ref. 20165] prior to the original description, Hutchins & Smith 1991:31 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:34 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pomacentrus polyspinus Allen 1991 -- (Allen 2001:3345 [ref.26132], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Allen & Erdmann 2012:621 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus polyspinus Allen 1991. Pomacentridae. Distribution: Anadaman Sea: off Phuket Island, Thailand. Habitat: marine. : rachovii, Iguanodectes Regan [C. T.] 1912:682 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 9 (no. 54); ref. 14864] Amazon River at Manaus, Brazil. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1913.3.1.38-39 (2). •Valid as Iguanodectes rachovii Regan 1912 -- (Moreira in Reis et al. 2003:172 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Iguanodectes rachovii Regan 1912. Iguanodectidae: Iguanodectinae. Distribution: Amazon River basis and coastal rivers, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : negrosensis, Macropharyngodon Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1932:142 [Copeia 1932 (no. 3); ref. 10976] Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 25519. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:86 [ref. 12291]. •Valid asMacropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:207 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:329 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:284 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:329 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:200 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:30 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:986 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:986 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:424 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1400 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:170 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:700 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33480], Fricke et al. 2014:136 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid asMacropharyngodon negrosensis Herre 1932. Labridae. Distribution: Western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean: Andman Sea to Marshall Islands and Samoa, northern Australia to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine. : nerka, Salmo Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:71 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Kamchatka, Russia, rivers and seas. No types known. Misspelled nrrka by Bloch & Schneider 1801:417 [ref. 471], corrected in Corrigenda, p. 580. Spelled narka by Donndorff 1798:648 [ref, 17407]. •Valid as Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792), subspecies nerka (Walbaum 1792) -- (Matsuura et al. 2000:30 [ref. 26000], Nakabo 2000:302 [ref. 25086]). •Valid as Salmo nerka Walbaum 1792, subspecies nerka Walbaum 1792 -- (Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:191 [ref. 25598], Nakabo 2002:302 [ref. 26001]). •Valid as Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792) -- (Berg 1948:190 [ref. 12882], Okada 1961:301 [ref. 6363], Lee et al. 1980:95 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:77 [ref. 9277], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:40 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:223 [ref. 22186], Paulin et al. 1989:91 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:85 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:52 [ref. 18983], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:718 [ref. 20764], Stearley & Smith 1993:22 [ref. 26683], La Rivers 1994:251 [ref. 23389], Baxter & Stone 1995:184 [ref. 23374], Chereshnev 1996:604 [ref. 24659], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:729 [ref. 24702], Thurow et al. 1997:1094 [ref. 25523], Sigler & Sigler 1996:186 [ref. 25943], Dorofeeva & Savvaitova 1998:33 [ref. 23574], Scott & Crossman 1998:165 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:252 [ref. 25838], Grant et al. 2000:685 [ref. 25323], Lyons et al. 2000:48 [ref. 26594], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:20 [ref. 25650], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45 [ref. 26178], Chereshnev et al. 2001:85 [ref. 26736], Pietsch et al. 2001:143 [ref. 25688], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:209 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:263 [ref. 26449], Fedorov et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27579], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:78 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:86 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:153 [ref. 28183], Scharpf 2006:32 [ref. 30386], McPhail 2007:287 [ref. 31199], Minckley & Marsh 2009:96 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:400 [ref. 31215], Nakabo et al. 2011:180 [ref. 31230], Page et al. 2013:87 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33547], McDowall & Roberts 2015:412 [ref. 34244]). Current status: Valid as Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792). Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: Arctic, North Pacific/Asia andwestern North America; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. : longicauda, Cobitis Kessler [K. F.] 1872:65 [21], Pl. 11 (figs. 30-31) [Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 14134] Ak-Darya River, Uzbekistan. Holotype (unique): ZISP 2628. Type catalog: Svetovidova 1978:262 [ref. 9011] but ZISP 2686 is not the holotype. On p. 21 of separate. Genus name misprinted Cobitls for Cobitis. •Synonym of Nemacheilus malapterurus (Valenciennes 1846), but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:884 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus, see Coad 1981:14 [ref. 22348]). •Valid as Nemacheilus longicaudus (Kessler 1872) -- (Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Coad & Abdoli 2000:56 [ref. 25296]). •May be a subspecies or synonym of Nemacheilus malapterus (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Coad 1995:22 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler 1872) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:443 [ref. 23187], Prokofiev 2009:888 [ref.30604], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Freyhof et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33505], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:340 [ref. 33744], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:885 [ref. 34062]). Current status: Valid as Paracobitis longicauda(Kessler 1872). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Uzbekistan, Iran and adjacent aras. Habitat: freshwater. : gracharus, Scomber Hasselquist [F.] 1762:407 [Reise nach Palästina; ref. 18250] Smirna [Izmir], Turkey, Agean Sea, Mediterranean Sea. Not available, published in a rejected work (ICZN, Opinion 57). Original spelling 'gracharvs' due to historical typeset, equals 'gracharus'. Spelling error for 'trachurus'. Based on the Scomber trachurus of Hasselquist 1757:363 [ref. 30181], also a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57). Walbaum 1792:212 listed Scomber gracharus of Hasselquist in the synonymy of Scomber trachurus Linnaeus 1758. •Unavailable species-group name -- (Collette 2003:21 [ref. 27312]). •In the synonymy of Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae. : kottelati, Luciobarbus Turan [D.], Ekmekçi [F. G.], Ilhan [A.] & Engin [S.] 2008:40, Fig.3b, 5 [Zootaxa No. 1824; ref. 29741] River Büyük Menderes, Dandalas Stream, Karacasu, 90 kilometers south of Aydin, Aydin Province, Turkey. Holotype: IUSHM 27300-879. Paratypes: CGE uncat. (2), CMK 18592 (4), FRR 454 (10), IUSHM 27300- 878 (4) •Valid as Luciobarbus kottelati Turan, Ekmekçi, Ilhan & Engin 2008. Current status: Valid as Luciobarbus kottelati Turan, Ekmekçi, Ilhan & Engin 2008. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: River Büyük Menderes, Agean Sea drainage, Turkey. Habitat: freshwater. : meridionalis, Rhodeus amarus var. Karaman [S.] 1924:41 [Pisces Macedoniae; ref. 15902] Vardar River at Skoplje [Skopje] and Lake Dojran, Republic of Macedonia. Syntypes: IEMBT (several); MNHN 1935-0358 to 0360 (3) Vardar R. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:75 [ref. 19574]. •Synonym of Rhodeus sericeus (Pallas 1776) -- (Berg 1949:814 [ref. 20661], Holcík 1999:2 [ref. 24847]). •Synonym of Rhodeus amarus (Bloch 1782) -- (Kottelat 1997:75 [ref. 22952]). •Valid as Rhodeus meridionalis Karaman 1924 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:84 [ref. 29996]). Current status: Valid as Rhodeus meridionalis Karaman 1924. Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae. Distribution: Agean Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater. : rhodopensis, Cobitis (Bicanestrinia) Vassilev [M.] 1998:280, Figs. 1-2 [Spixiana (München) v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 24118] Biala River, downstream from Meden buk village, Bulgaria. Holotype: DHISUB 199501C. Paratypes: DHISUB 199501C (34). •Valid as Cobitis rhodopensis Vassilev 1998 -- (Pehlivanov 2000:47 [ref. 25202], Ivanova & Dobrovolov 2002:35 [ref. 26746], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:172 [ref. 28369]). •Synonym of Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955 -- (Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis rhodopensis Vassilev 1998. Cobitidae: Cobitinae. Distribution: Bulgaria, Agean Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater. : thessalus, Gobius Vinciguerra [D.] 1921:323 [2], Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 3). v. 9 (no. 49); ref. 15333] Kefalovriso spring, Monte Kissavo, near the village of Chasabali, Thessaly, Greece. Syntypes: (many) MSNG 12606 (9). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:344 [ref. 10350]. On p. 2 of separate. •Valid as Knipowitschia thessala (Vinciguerra 1921) -- (Economidis & Miller 1990:158 [ref. 16710], Economidis 1995:208 [ref. 23025], Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Miller & Economidis in Miller 2004:423 [ref. 27853], Kovačić 2005:278 [ref. 28382], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:574 [ref. 29996], Miller 2009:1506 [ref. 30234], Ahnelt 2011:26 [ref. 31650]). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia thessala (Vinciguerra 1921). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Greece, Agean Sea drainage. Habitat: freshwater. : pruinosa, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:391, Fig. 82 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51779. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8705 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Palutrus pruinosa (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967] but changed to sp. with correction slip, Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref.26293] as pruinosus). Current status: Valid as Palutrus pruinosa (Jordan & Seale 1906). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Amarican Samoa. Habitat: marine. : evansi, Etmopterus Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002:214, Figs. 2c, 4c, 6c, 8c [Cybium v. 26 (no. 3); ref. 26556] Off Rowley Shoals, northwestern Australia, 17°52'S, 118°16'E, depth 545 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 3141-16. Paratypes: CSIRO H 1207-04 (1), H 1209-01 (1), H 3143-02 (1), H 3147-01 (1), H 3149-02 (1), H 3158-17 (1); MNHN 2001-2814 to 2816 (1 ea.), 2002-0085 [ex CSIRO H 3158-16] (1), 2002-0086 (1). •Valid as Etmopterus evansi Last, Burgess & Séret 2002 -- (Hoese & Gates 2006:144 [ref. 28997]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus evansi Last, Burgess & Séret 2002. Etmopteridae. Distribution: Arafua Sea, Timor Sea and off western Australia. Habitat: marine. : smithi, Scorpaenodes Eschmeyer [W. N.] & Rama-Rao [K. V.] 1972:59, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 39 (no. 5); ref. 7611] Andaman Sea, off western Malaya, Andaman Islands, 5°45'N, 98°20'E, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype: BMNH 1929.6.12.6. Paratypes: BMNH 1929.6.12.7-15 (12), 1932.2.15.15-20 (6), 1933.8.11.4 (1), 1972.1.17.1-9 (9); CAS 13616 (4); NMS uncat. (10); USNM 206501 (4); ZMC P7978-81 (4), P7982-3 (2), P7991-2 (2), P79100-112 (13), P79113-132 (20); ZSI F6254/2 (1). See Das 2003:378 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Scorpaenodes smithi Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1972 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:450 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2306 [ref. 24796], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:976 [ref. 26507], Allen et al. 2006:888 [ref. 29066], Poss et al. 2010:242 [ref. 30744], Allen & Erdmann 2012:232 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:82 [ref.32988] with 2nd author as Rao). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenodes smithi Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1972. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Andaman Sea, southern China, Singapore, Arafira Sea and northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine. : australensis, Eustomias Gibbs [R. H., Jr.], Clarke [T. A.] & Gomon [J. R.] 1983:31, Fig. 5h [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 380; ref. 5269] Tasman Sea, off southeastern Australia, 36°37'S, 152°10'E, depth 0-500 meters. Holotype (unique): AMS I.20901-001. •Valid as Eustomias australensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon 1983 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:199 [ref. 12442], Harold 1999:1913 [ref. 24741], Paxton et al. 2006:445 [ref. 28995], Kenaley et al. 2008:249 [ref. 30630]). Current status: Valid as Eustomias australensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon 1983. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Asutralia. Habitat: marine. : leopoldi, Astyanax Géry [J.], Planquette [P.] & Le Bail [P.-Y.] 1988:9, Figs. 1-3, 6 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 6408] Alicoto Falls, upstream Camopi River, Moyen Oyapok, French Guiana. Holotype: IRSNB 731. Paratypes: IRSNB 732 (99, now 25), 733-737 (2, 8, 5, 3, 2); MHNG 2383-99 (1), 2393-98 (24); MNHN 1981-0367 to 0389 (3, 7, 2), 1981-0392 (2), 1981-0552 (2), 1981-0560 (1), 1981-0565 (5), 1981-0568 (2), 1981-0569 (5). •Valid as Astyanax leopoldi Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1988 -- (Géry et al. 1991:49 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:250 [ref. 22818], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:110 [ref. 27061], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref.32569], Marinho & Ohara 2013:476 [ref. 32713]). Current status: Valid as Astyanax leopoldi Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1988. Characidae: Astyanax clade. Distribution: Approuage and Oyapock River basins: Brazil and French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater. : cyanostigma, Rhamdia Cope [E. D.] 1870:569 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11; ref. 914] Pebas, Peru. Syntypes: ANSP 8381-83 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:141 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:190 [ref.29155]. •Valid as Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope 1870) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:280 [ref. 12860], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:418 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:190 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope 1870). Heptapteridae. Distribution: Ampyiacu River basin, upper Amazon basin, Peru. Habitat: freshwater. : lyra, Physopyxis Cope [E. D.] 1872:273, Pl. 5 (figs. 1a-1c) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ampyiacu, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8282. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:99 [ref.13621], Ferraris 2007:176 [ref. 29155]. Also appeared in Cope 1872:273, Pl. 5 (figs. 1a-1c) [ref. 921]. •Valid as Physopyxis lyra Cope 1872 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:307 [ref. 23847], Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel 2005:628 [ref. 28463], Ferraris 2007:176 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Physopyxis lyra Cope 1872. Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Distribution: Amazon River and Essequibo River basins: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Peru. Habitat: freshwater. : digitus, Caristius Stevenson [D. E.] & Kenaley [C. P.] 2013:426, Figs. 6A, 7 [Copeia 2013 (no. 3); ref. 32920] Southwest Pacific, off Australia, 34°20'S, 151°56'E. Holotype: AMS I.20316-038. Paratypes: IORAS 02787 (1). •Valid asCaristius digitus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Current status: Valid as Caristius digitus Stevenson & Kenaley 2013. Caristiidae. Distribution: Off Austalia and off South Africa (southwest Indian Ocean). Habitat: marine. :

itaimbe, Cyanocharax Malabarba [L. R.] & Weitzman [S. H.] 2003:97, Figs. 13, 17- 23 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Sér. Zoologia. v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 27141] Arroio Facão at Mãe dos Homens, tributary of Rio Canoas-rio Mampituba, Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 25972. Paratypes: MCP 14707 (9), 14710 (47), 14788 (46, 10 c&s), 14838 (13); MNRJ 23841 (15); MZUSP 43544 (10), 43548 (40), 43549 (50); USNM 323410 (51), 323414 (41), 323416 (10). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Cyanocharax itaimbe Malabarba & Weitzman 2003 -- (Casciotta et al. 2012:39 [ref. 32076], Protogino & Miquelarena 2012:581 [ref. 32123]). •Valid as Diapoma itaimbe (Malabarba & Weitzman 2003) -- (Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893]). Current status: Valid as Diapoma itaimbe (Malabarba & Weitzman 2003). Characidae: Stevardiinae. Distribution: Atlantc coastal drainages, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater. : Atlatic cardonae, Coralliozetus Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:362 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Cardona, off Playa de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Holotype: USNM 49377. Paratypes: USNM 50222 (1), 125968 (1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:5 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Coralliozetus cardonae Evermann & Marsh 1899 -- (Stephens 1963:55 [ref. 4270], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:56 [ref. 5580], Hastings 1997:758 [ref. 23518], Hastings & Robertson 1999:36 [ref. 24283], Collette et al. 2003:121 [ref. 26784], Williams 2003:1766 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27621], Patzner et al. 2009:469 [ref.30396], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2012:59 [ref. 31965]). Current status: Valid as Coralliozetus cardonae Evermann & Marsh 1899. Chaenopsidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Caribbean Sea and Atlatic coast of Venezuela. Habitat: marine. : ustus, Callyodon Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:286, Pl. 405 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2194 to 2195 (2, 1), A-8230 (1, dry), A-9290 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Guibé 1960:290-291 [ref. 20736]. Eastern Atlatic referenes are Nicholsina collettei, a separate species. •Valid as Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:208 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:157 [ref.23239], Cervigón 1992:391 [ref. 23827], Bellwood 1994:63 [ref. 19116], Cervigón 1994:26 [ref. 24488], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:399 [ref. 24550], Smith- Vaniz et al. 1999:298 [ref. 25013] as valid species and subspecies, Gushchin & Girardin 2000:103 [ref. 24893], Parenti & Randall 2000:54 [ref. 24943], Schmitter- Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Moura et al. 2001:519 [ref. 25371], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Westneat 2003:1728 [ref. 27105], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:93 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:532 [ref. 28815], Robertson et al. 2006:797 [ref. 31512], mWirtz et al. 2007:15 [ref. 30263], Parenti & Randall 2011:37 [ref. 31299], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:63 [ref. 33341]). Current status: Valid as Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes 1840). Scaridae: Sparisomatinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine. :

amblycephalus, Julis (Julis) Bleeker [P.] 1856:83 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 16856] Ora Malang, southeastern Java. Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.75 (1). Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:434 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker 1856) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:704 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:336 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:287 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1995:76 [ref.21960] as amblycephalus, Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:302 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:336 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:201 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:433 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Parenti & Randall 2000:44 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:989 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:369 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3461 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:989 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3326 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:353 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:438 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:446 [ref. 28379], Randall & Bartsch 2004:124 [ref. 28671], Allen et al. 2006:1413 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:89 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:174 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:720 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker 1856). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Austalia, Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand and Tonga. Habitat: marine. : caeruleolineatus, Abudefduf Allen [G. R.] 1973:35, Fig. 2 [Australian Zoologist v. 18 (pt 1); ref. 95] Outer reef slope off middle of Kranket Island, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Madang, New Guinea, 5°12'S, 145°50'52"E, depth 40 meters. Holotype: USNM 207941. Paratypes: AMS I.16480-001 (2), BMNH 1972.8.14.4-5 (2), BPBM 13227 (2), MNHN 1972-0087 (2), USNM 207942 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:3 [ref. 20862]. •Valid asChrysiptera caeruleolineata (Allen 1973) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:263 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:242 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:263 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:181 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:936 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132] as caruleolineata, Nakabo 2002:936 [ref. 26193], Allen & Bailey 2002:42 [ref. 26525], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:364 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1453 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:151 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:589 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:117 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33797]). Current status: Valid as Chrysiptera caeruleolineata (Allen 1973). Pomacentridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Western Austalia to Fiji and Samoa, Micronesia and north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. :

chelomatus, Cirripectes Williams [J. T.] & Maugé [A. L.] 1984:1140, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ser. 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 5 (no. 4) [for 1983]; ref. 8196] Lady Musgrave Reef, 23°55'S, 152°24'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.21495-027. Paratypes: AMS (16 lots, 38); ANSP 109717 (6), 147659 (1); BMNH 1982.11.3.1 (1); BPBM 14449 (2), 15024 (1), 28196-97 (1, 2); CAS 13832 (10), 48957-58 (1, 1), 48903 (1); LACM 33723-20 (1); MNHN 1983- 0257 (1); ROM 40368 (2); UF 35398 (2); USNM (16 lots, 100); WAM P.27754-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:35 [ref. 19335], Springer et al. 1991:6 [ref. 18888], Moore et al. 2008:39 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cirripectes chelomatus Williams & Maugé 1984 -- (Williams 1988:32 [ref. 7000], Randall et al. 1990:377 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:377 [ref. 25919], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:396 [ref. 25191], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290] dated 1983, Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624] dated 1983, Randall 2005:485 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1545 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:805 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes chelomatus Williams & Maugé 1984. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Great BArier Reef (Austalia), Lord Howe Island, east to Fiji and Tonga. Habitat: marine. : ditrema, Meiacanthus (Allomeiacanthus) Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 1976:87, Figs. 41, 135-136 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 19; ref. 4144] Small bay in Ngarahelngael Pass, 7°19'13"N, 134°29'28"E, Auluptagel Island, Palau Islands, western Pacific, depth 0-18 meters. Holotype: USNM 205293. Paratypes: AMS I.18232-1 (5); ANSP 128341 (1), 128490 (3), 128491 (2, c&s); BPBM 7453 (4), 7456 (2); 18852 (2); CAS 28921-22 (1, 2); USNM 195706 (2, 1 c&s), 205294 (12). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:28 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:7 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz 1976 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref.6441], Smith-Vaniz 1987:9 [ref. 6404], Randall et al. 1990:368 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:210 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:368 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:218 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1116 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:395 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2001:30 [ref. 26213], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1116 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref.27624], Randall 2005:496 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1554 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:456 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:194 [ref. 31256], Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2011:56 [ref. 31543], Allen & Erdmann 2012:790 [ref.31980]). Current status: Valid as Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz 1976. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: East Indian region to Tonga and Samoa, Austalia north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. : grandispinis, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:242 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] No locality (between Shark Bay and Doubtful Islands), Western Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6844. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:43 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Platycephalus longispinis Cuvier 1829 -- (Imamura 2013:183 [ref. 33094]). •Valid as Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier 1829 -- (Imamura 2015:162 [ref.33640]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus grandispinus Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Australia: Queensland to Western Austalia. Habitat: marine. : longipinnis, Bembras Imamura [H.] & Knapp [L. W.] 1998:172, Figs. 10-11 [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 2); ref. 23383] North of Nickol Bay, northwestern Australia, 19°15'S, 116°40'E, depth 172 meters. Holotype: CSIRO CA 3543. Paratypes: AMS I.22805-040 (1); CSIRO H 2547-04 and -09 (2), CA 3540-3542 (4); NTM S.12902- 006 and S.13317-010 (5). •Valid as Bembras longipinnis Imamura & Knapp 1998 -- (Poss 1999:2384 [ref. 24796], Larson et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Bembras longipinnis Imamura & Knapp 1998. Bembridae. Distribution: Western Austalia. Habitat: marine. : periophthalmus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:477 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4674. •Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713] as periophthalmus, Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757] as periophthalmus, Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:239 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:392 [ref. 25919], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1229 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:404 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1229 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref.27624], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1619 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:865 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and western Mascarenes east to Samoa, Austalia north to southern Japan; throughout the East Indian region. Habitat: marine. : taeniopterus, Hippocampus Bleeker [P.] 1852:306 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym ofHippocampus kuda Bleeker 1852 -- (Lourie et al. 1999:109 [ref. 23993]). •Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852 -- (Horne 2001:245 [ref. 25696], Kuiter 2001:314 [ref. 25900], Allen & Adrim 2003:28 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2004:42 [ref. 28269], Paxton et al. 2006:828 [ref. 29073], Kuiter 2009:112 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:376 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:206 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:47 [ref.33932]). Current status: Valid as Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker 1852. Syngnathidae: Hippocampinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and to Fiji, south to Austalia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine. : unisquamis, Hazeus Gosline [W. A.] 1959:70, Fig. 3 [Pacific Science v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 1861] Reef about 200 yards west of Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [Western Australia and Indonesia east to Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland/Australia]. Holotype (unique): USNM 175009. •Valid as Trimma unisquamis (Gosline 1959) -- (Myers 1999:260 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Winterbottom 2002:49 [ref. 26166], Randall et al. 2002:162 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:546 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:19 [ref. 28161], Randall 2005:554 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:482 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1691 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Suzuki & Senou 2007:179 [ref. 29102], Randall 2007:404 [ref. 30952], Randall 2009:189 [ref. 30557], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:21, 90 [ref. 33709] as unisquame). Current status: Valid as Trimma unisquame (Gosline 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island, south to Austalia and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine. : vaigiensis, Scorpaena Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:324, Pl. 58 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3045. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:13, 22 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:54 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442], Hatooka et al. 1994:2 [ref.24345], Allen 1997:82 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Gill 1999:2549 [ref. 24817], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:682 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:282 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:682 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:47 [ref. 27510], Hoese 2006:1036 [ref. 28998], Allen & Erdmann 2012:311 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Centrogenyidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Indian Region east to southern Papua New Guinea, to Austalia and north to the Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine. : castelnaui, Opistognathus Bleeker [P.] 1860:45 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 7); ref. 379] Bulukomba, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 26979 [ex RMNH 15186]. Bleeker specimens: RMNH 26926 (1). Available by indication; based on Opistognathus sonneratii of Bleeker 1851:221 [ref. 330] (not of Valenciennes 1836). Appeared 3 times in 1859-60 (as above, and ref. 14019 and 14028); earliest apparently is ref. 379 or 14019. •Valid as Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker 1860 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:183 [ref. 19754], Smith-Vaniz 1983:6 [ref. 8211], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2589 [ref.24833], Nakabo 2000:742 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:742 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Bray 2006:1074 [ref. 29000], Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2007:37 [ref. 29354], Smith-Vaniz 2009:75 [ref. 30149], Allen & Erdmann 2012:352 [ref. 31980], Hiramatsu & Endo 2013:19 [ref. 32573]). Current status: Valid as Opistognathus castelnaui Bleeker 1860. Opistognathidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australa. Habitat: marine. : torquatus, Xyrichthys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:54, Pl. 392 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Suriname [actually East Indies]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1903. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:111 [ref. 19171]. Original genus should have been Xyrichtys. •Valid as torquatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Randall et al. 1990:314 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:290 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:196, 198 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:310 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:314 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1004 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:357 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Westneat 2001:3401 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1004 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495] dated 1839, Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:409 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1387 [ref. 29095], Allen & Erdmann 2012:664 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid asCymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes 1840). Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Austrlaia, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia, throughout the East Indian region north to Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine. :

avanica, Rhinoptera Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:182, [Pl. 58] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Java, Indonesia [coast of Malabar, India]. Syntypes: (4) ?MNHN 0000-2450 (1), MNHN 0000-3478 (1, dry) Malabar; RMNH (3, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:92 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1986:25 [ref. 9312]. See Last & Stevens 1994:457 [ref. 23873]. •Valid as Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841 -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:133 [ref. 5648], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Randall et al. 1990:31 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:83 [ref. 27969], Morón et al. 1999:150 [ref. 24253], Compagno & Last 1999:1522 [ref. 24637], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:302 [ref. 25467], Compagno 1999:498 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:184 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Vossoughi & Vosoughi 1999:306 [ref. 25467], Nakabo 2002:184 [ref. 26001], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:55 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:87 [ref. 28072], Compagno et al. 2005:80 [ref. 29145], Last el al. 2010:252 [ref. 32461], Larson et al. 2013:22 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:368 [ref. 33045], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33423], Psomadakis et al. 2015:107 [ref. 34104]).Current status: Valid as Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle 1841. Myliobatidae: Rhinopterinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Thailand to Austrlia, north to South China Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine. : melanopus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] (ex Castelnau) 1860:456 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 14028] Singapore. Holotype (unique): wherebouts unknown. Based on a color painting in the Zoological Museum, University of Liège (see Russell et al. 2010:99 [ref. 30735]). •Valid as `Cryptocentrus' melanopus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122]). •Synonym of Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876 -- (Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532]). •Nomen oblitum, in the synonymy of the nomen protectum Crytocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker 1876 -- (Russell et al. 2010:99 [ref. 30735]). •Valid as Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Hoese et al. 2011:170 [ref. 31450], Allen & Erdmann 2012:874 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker 1860). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia and Austrlia. Habitat: marine. : acicularis, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1995:688, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 108 (no. 4); ref. 21923] Off Babelthuap Island, coral-enclosed area north of Arakataoch Stream, Belau (Palau), western Pacific. Holotype: CAS 81525. Paratypes: CAS 81515 (5), 81522 (6), 82377 (5); ROM 1603CS (2, c&s), 69038 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref.29450], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuku et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:896 [ref. 31980]. Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands, Palau and Austrtalia. Habitat: marine.

: melas, Apogon Bleeker [P.] 1848:635 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 315] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 5606 (some of 19, 17 within size range). Bleeker specimens: 1880,4,21.75-77 (3). Also in Bleeker 1849:29 [ref. 318]. •Valid as Apogon melas Bleeker 1848 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:147 [ref. 6441], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Allen 1997:110 [ref.23977], Kuiter 1997:148 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:129 [ref. 23965], Fraser 2000:254 [ref. 24412], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:774 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref.25847], Nakabo 2002:774 [ref. 26001], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:64 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1091 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Apogonichthyoides melas (Bleeker 1848) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:370 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:69 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426] with question). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthyoides melas (Bleeker 1848). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific and western Australia: Cocos- Keeling Islands, Western Autralia to New Caledonia, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. : papillaris, Thysanophrys Imamura [H.] & Knapp [L. W.] 1999:180, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 46 (no. 2); ref. 23886] Southwest of Flat Top Bank, Timor Sea, Western Autralia, 12°28'S, 128°37'E, depth 98 meters. Holotype: NTM S.13325-001. Paratypes: NTM S.12912-008 (1), USNM 344833-34 [not 244833-34] (2, 2). •Valid as Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp 1999 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:947 [ref. 29079], Knapp 2013:128 [ref.32395]. Larson et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp 1999. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Australia: Western Autralia and northern Australia. Habitat: marine. : rubicunda, Labrichthys Macleay [W.] 1881:89 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 1); ref. 4931] King George Sound, Western Australia [incorrect]; correct is Tasmania. Holotype (unique): MAMU F923. •Synonym of Pseudolabrus psittaculus (Richardson 1840) -- (Russell 1988:34 [ref. 12549]). •Incertae sedis in Labridae -- (Allen et al. 2006:1417 [ref. 29095]). •Valid as Pseudolabrus rubicundus (Macleay 1881) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:37 [ref. 24943], Russell & Gill 2012:355 [ref. 32086]). Current status: Valid as Pseudolabrus rubicundus (Macleay 1881). Labridae. Distribution: Tasmania, Autralia. Habitat: marine. : colliei, Chimaera Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:71, Pl. 23 (fig. 1) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Monterey, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): not preserved. •Valid as Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:59 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:27 [ref. 14674], Didier 1995:15 [ref. 22713], Krupp & Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:795 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:34 [ref. 24545], González-Acosta & De la Cruz-Agüero 1999:40 [ref. 24505], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:68 [ref. 25968], Didier & Rosenberger 2002:116 [ref. 26936], Nelson et al. 2004:49 [ref. 27807], Barnett et al. 2006:35 [ref. 28820], James et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30401], Page et al. 2013:49 [ref. 32708], Arturo et al. 2014:566 [ref. 33497]). Current status: Valid as Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett 1839). Chimaeridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southeastern Alaska to Baja Californa and the northern Gulf of California and Costa Rica. Habitat: marine. :

seta, Lepidogobius Ginsburg [I.] 1938:119 [Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 1802] Puerto Refugio, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 107191. Paratypes: USNM 128240 (1) •Valid as Gillichthys seta (Ginsburg 1938) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:436 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:460 [ref. 25838], Thomson et al. 2000:251 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Swift et al. 2011:96 [ref. 31225], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Gillichthys seta (Ginsburg 1938). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern Gulf of Californa, Mexico. Habitat: marine.