FAMILY Aulopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - flagfins [=Aulopodini] Notes: Aulopodini Bonaparte, 1831:181 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Aulopus [named on p. 161 Scopelini; stem changed to Aulop- by Cope 1871:455 [ref. 920], confirmed by Gill 1872:16 [ref. 26254] and by Jordan 1923a:153 [ref. 2421]]

GENUS Aulopus Cloquet, 1816 - flagfins [=Aulopus Cloquet [H.] (ex Cuvier), 1816:128, Aulopus Cuvier [G.], 1816:170] Notes: [ref. 852]. Masc. Salmo filamentosus Bloch, 1792. Type by monotypy. See Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396]. •Valid as Aulopus Cloquet, 1816 -- (Nielsen 1973:160 [ref. 6885], Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299], Sulak in Whitehead et al. 1984:403 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:60 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:227 [ref. 12442], Parin & Kotlyar 1989:407 [ref. 12748], Gomon et al. 1994:264 [ref. 22532], Thompson 1998:43 [ref. 23291], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Paxton & Niem 1999:1920 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:914 [ref. 27003], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28944], Prokofiev 2008:134 [ref. 29501], Matsunuma et al. 2008:71 [ref. 30901], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:27 [ref. 30983], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], Hata et al. 2012:9 [ref. 32406], Prokofiev 2012:412 [ref. 32473], Gomon et al. 2013:141 [ref. 33017]). Current status: Valid as Aulopus Cloquet, 1816. Aulopidae. (Aulopus) [ref. 993]. Masc. Salmo filamentosus Bloch, 1792. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Aulopus Cloquet (Oct.), 1816, Cuvier is Dec. 1816. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus Cloquet, 1816. Aulopidae.

Species Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984 - Eastern Pacific flagfin [=Aulopus bajacali Parin [N. V.] & Kotlyar [A. N.], 1984:1436, Fig.] Notes: [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 63 (no. 9); ref. 17444] Alijos Rocks off Baja California Sur, Mexico, 24°50'N, 115°34'W, depth 125-140 meters. Current status: Valid as Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984. Aulopidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953 - Guinean flagfin [=Aulopus cadenati Poll [M.], 1953:81, Fig. 35] Notes: [Résultats scientifique. Expédition océanographic belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12713] 42 miles west of Moita Seca, South Atlantic, 6°08'S, 11°35'E, depth 150-200 meters. Current status: Valid as Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953. Aulopidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) - royal flagfin [=Salmo filamentosus Bloch [M. E.], 1792:424, Pl. 9 (fig. 2), Aulopus filifer Valenciennes [A.], 1839:[73], Pl. 15 (fig. 2), Saurus lacerta Risso [A.], 1827:463, Aulopus maculatus Valenciennes [A.], 1839:[74], Pl. 15 (fig. 3), Aulopus nanae Mead [G. W.], 1958:188, Fig. 1, Salmo tirus Rafinesque [C. S.], 1810:56] Notes: [Schriften der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin v. 10 (art. 38); ref. 14112] Rio Ardenza, at Livorno, Italy. Current status: Valid as Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to Brazil, eastern Atlantic from Canary Islands to Cape Verde Islands to Brazil; Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: marine. (filifer) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine. (lacerta) [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine. (maculatus) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine. (nanae) [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 48 (no. 6); ref. 12087] Gulf of Mexico off Tortugas, Florida, U.S.A., 25°12'N, 84°05'W, Oregon station 1025, depth 75 fathoms. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine. (tirus) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Hime Starks, 1924 - flagfins, threadsails [=Hime Starks [E. C.], 1924:30] Notes: [ref. 4198]. Aulopus japonicus Günther, 1877. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Aulopus Cloquet, 1816 – (Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299], Paxton & Niem 1999:1919 [ref. 24746]). •Valid as Hime Starks, 1924 -- (Parin & Kotlyar 1989 [ref. 12748], Thompson 1998:50 [ref. 23291], Hoese et al. 2006:464 [ref. 28999], Gomon et al. 2013:141, 143 [ref. 33017]). Current status: Valid as Hime Starks, 1924. Aulopidae.

Species Hime capitonis Gomon & Struthers, 2015 - Coral Sea flagfin (author) [=Hime capitonis Gomon [M. F.] & Struthers [C. D.], 2015:380, Figs. 1D, 4] Notes: [Zootaxa 4044 (no. 3); ref. 34039] Coral Sea, Jumeaux Seamount, 23°44'S, 168°01'E, New Caledonia, depth 229-428 meters. Current status: Valid as Hime capitonis Gomon & Struthers, 2015. Aulopidae. Distribution: New Caledonia and Vanuatu (and Coral Sea?). Habitat: marine.

Species Hime caudizoma Gomon & Struthers, 2015 - Lombok flagfin (author) [=Hime caudizoma Gomon [M. F.] & Struthers [C. D.], 2015:384, Figs. 1E, 5] Notes: [Zootaxa 4044 (no. 3); ref. 34039] Lombok, market in Tanjung Luar, Indonesia, 8°46'38"S, 116°30'58"E. Current status: Valid as Hime caudizoma Gomon & Struthers, 2015. Aulopidae. Distribution: ? Tanjung Luar, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime curtirostris (Thomson, 1967) - shortsnout threadsail [=Aulopus curtirostris Thomson [J. M.], 1967:147, Fig. 2] Notes: [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 92 (pt 1); ref. 7924] 20 miles northeast of Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia, depth 35 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Hime curtirostris (Thomson, 1967). Aulopidae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime diactithrix (Prokofief, 2008) - Vietnamese threadsail (author) [=Aulopus diactithrix Prokofiev [A. M.], 2008:134 [engl.], Fig.] Notes: [Journal of Ichthyology v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 29501] Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam (local fishermen). Current status: Valid as Hime diactithrix (Prokofief, 2008). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: off Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime formosanus (Lee & Chao, 1994) - Formosan threadsail (author) [=Aulopus formosanus Lee [S.-C.] & Chao [W.-C.], 1994:212, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Zoological Studies v. 33 (no. 3); ref. 21461] Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Current status: Valid as Hime formosanus (Lee & Chao, 1994). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime japonica (Gunther, 1877) - Japanese threadsail fish [=Aulopus japonicus Günther [A.], 1877:444] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Yokohama market, Japan. Current status: Valid as Hime japonica (Günther, 1877). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western Pacific, antiequatorial: Taiwan and Japan and East China Seas to Hawaiian islands; not southeastern Australia, New Caledonia and northern New Zealand and the Hawaiian records represent a different species [based on ref. 33017]. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime microps Parin & Kotlyar, 1989 - smalleyed threadsail (author) [=Hime microps Parin [N. V.] & Kotlyar [A. N.], 1989:407, Fig. 1] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 35 (no. 4); ref. 12748] Nazca Ridge, eastern Pacific, 25°43'S, 85°29'W, depth 160-165 meters. Current status: Valid as Hime microps Parin & Kotlyar, 1989. Aulopidae. Distribution: South Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime pyrhistion Gomon et al., 2013 - New Zealand threadsail (author) [=Hime pyrhistion Gomon [M. F.], Struthers [C. D.] & Stewart [A. L.], 2013:147, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Species Diversity v. 18; ref. 33017] Western side of Poor Knights Island, 35°28"S, 174°42'E, New Zealand, depth 80 meters. Current status: Valid as Hime pyrhistion Gomon, Struthers & Stewart, 2013. Aulopidae. Distribution: New Zealand and Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Hime surrubea Gomon & Struthers, 2015 - Maui threadsail (author) [=Hime surrubea Gomon [M. F.] & Struthers [C. D.], 2015:373, Figs. 1I, 2] Notes: [Zootaxa 4044 (no. 3); ref. 34039] Maui, Pailolo Channel, 21°02'N, 156°45'W, Hawaii, depth 241-254 meters. Current status: Valid as Hime surrubea Gomon & Struthers, 2015. Aulopidae. Distribution: Hawaiian Ridge, north-central Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Latropiscis Whitley, 1931 - flagfins [=Latropiscis Whitley [G. P.], 1931:312] Notes: [ref. 4672]. Masc. Aulopus milesii Valenciennes 1850. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Aulopus Cloquet 1816 -- (Sulak 1977:53 [ref. 4299] as Latropiscus) •Valid as Latropiscis Whitley, 1931 -- (Gomon & Yearsley 2008:257 [ref. 30631], Gomon et al. 2013:141 [ref. 33017]). Current status: Valid as Latropiscis Whitley, 1931. Aulopidae.

Species Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843) - Houtman Abrolhos threadsail (author) [=Aulopus purpurissatus Richardson [J.], 1843:6, Pl. 2 (fig. 3), Aulopus milesii Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850:519, Pl. 650] Notes: [Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes; ref. 6537] Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Current status: Valid as Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843). Aulopidae. Distribution: Australia: Queensland to southern Australia and to Western Australia. Habitat: marine. (milesii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Australia. Current status: Synonym of Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843). Aulopidae. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Leptaulopus Gomon et al., 2013 - flagfins [=Leptaulopus Gomon [M. F.], Struthers [C. D.] & Stewart [A. L.], 2013:151] Notes: [ref. 33017]. Masc. Aulopus damasi Tanaka, 1915. Type by original designation. •Valid as Leptaulopus Gomon, Struthers & Stewart, 2013. Current status: Valid as Leptaulopus Gomon, Struthers & Stewart, 2013. Aulopidae.

Species Leptaulopus damasi (Tanaka, 1915) - Kagoshima flagfin (author) [=Aulopus damasi Tanaka [S.], 1915:340, Pl. 92 (fig. 295)] Notes: [v. 19; ref. 14907] Kagoshima Prefecture, off Kusagaki Islands, 33°11.00'N, 129°19.28"E, Japan [Original locality: Tokyo market, allegedly from off Idzu, Sagami Sea, Japan]. Current status: Valid as Leptaulopus damasi (Tanaka, 1915). Aulopidae. Distribution: Western Pacific (Japan to Australia -- few localities). Habitat: marine.

Species Leptaulopus erythrozonatus Gomon et al., 2013 - Gomon's flagfin (author) [=Leptaulopus erythrozonatus Gomon [M. F.], Struthers [C. D.] & Stewart [A. L.], 2013:157, Figs. 1, 2C, 5c] Notes: [Species Diversity v. 18; ref. 33017] Penguin Rose, Bay of Plenty, 37°24.29'S, 176°24.83'S, New Zealand, depth 130-140 meters. Current status: Valid as Leptaulopus erythrozonatus Gomon, Struthers & Stewart, 2013. Aulopidae. Distribution: New Zealand and Australia. Habitat: marine *************************************************************** Unavailable names, uncertain taxa saurus, Osmerus Risso [A.] 1810:325 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Syntypes: MNHN B-0850 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1945:375 [ref. 21554]. Appeared first as name only, not available (from Malta) in Forsskål 1775:xix [ref. 1351]. Apparently can date to Risso as above; named Saurus lacerta by Risso in 1827. Aulopidae. Habitat: marine.