FAMILY Lestidiidae Harry, 1953 - naked barracudinas [=Lestidiini] Notes: Lestidiini Harry, 1953:229 [ref. 2045] (tribe) Lestidium GENUS Lestidiops Hubbs, 1916 - barracudinas [=Lestidiops Hubbs [C. L.], 1916:154] Notes: [ref. 2225]. Masc. Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs, 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lestidiops Hubbs, 1916 – (Post 1973:205 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:499 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:275 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:246 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:271 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:236 [ref. 25968], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:267 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops Hubbs, 1916. Paralepididae. Species Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1930) - barracudina [=Paralepis affinis Ege [V.], 1930:81, Fig. 21] Notes: [Report on the Danish Oceanographic Expedition 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.. v. 2 A (no. 13); ref. 16270] Central Atlantic, 12°11'N, 35°49'W, depth about 2000 meters. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1930). Paralepididae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944) - Fowler's Eastern Pacific barracudina (author) [=Sudis bathyopteryx Fowler [H. W.], 1944:353, Figs. 92-93] Notes: [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] 300 miles off Acapulco, Mexico (stomach content). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops cadenati Maul, 1962 - Goree barracudina [=Lestidium cadenati Maul [G. E.], 1962:532, Figs. 4-5] Notes: [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 24; ref. 6082] Gorée, Senegal (found on beach). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953) - distans barracudina (author) [=Lestidium distans Ege [V.], 1953:95, 119, Fig. 19] Notes: [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Off west coast of Africa, 10°21'N, 17°59'W, depth about 30 meters (100 meters wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953) - extrema barracudina (author) [=Lestidium extremum Ege [V.], 1953:136, Fig. 29] Notes: [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Molucca Passage, 0°18'S, 132°52'E, depth about 100 meters. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1953) - gracile barracudina (author) [=Lestidium gracile Ege [V.], 1953:101, Fig. 20] Notes: [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Southeast of New Zealand, 46°43'S, 176°08'30"E, depth about 30 meters (100 meters of wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953) - Indo-Pacific barracudina [=Lestidium indopacificum Ege [V.], 1953:120, Fig. 26] Notes: [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] Off India [is southwest of Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean], 1°45'N, 73°03'E, depth about 100 meters (300 meters wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia; southeastern Pacific: Off Chile. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889) - Jayakar's barracudina (author) [=Sudis jayakari Boulenger [G. A.], 1889:241, Fig., Paralepis pseudosphyraenoides danae Ege [V.], 1930:79, Fig. 19, Macroparalepis egei Maul [G. E.], 1945:31, Fig. 9, Paralepis proximus Ege [V.], 1933:224, Paralepis pseudosphyraenoides thori Ege [V.], 1930:73] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889 (pt 2); ref. 14491] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Paralepididae. Distribution: Circumglobal in warm seas, except southeastern Pacific (including Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea). Habitat: marine. (danae) [Report on the Danish Oceanographic Expedition 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.. v. 2 A (no. 13); ref. 16270] 25°07'N, 19°20'W, depth about 30 meters (100 meters of wire out). Current status: Synonym of Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Paralepididae. Habitat: marine. (egei) [Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal No. 1 (art. 1); ref. 13147] Off Madeira, northeastern Atlantic (stomach content). Current status: Synonym of Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Paralepididae. Habitat: marine. (proximus) [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn. v. 94; ref. 1186] Sulawesi Sea, 1°48'N, 123°20.5'E, Dana station 3789, 200 meters wire out. Current status: Synonym of Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Paralepididae. Habitat: marine. (thori) [Report on the Danish Oceanographic Expedition 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.. v. 2 A (no. 13); ref. 16270] Current status: Synonym of Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Paralepididae. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933) - strange pike smelt [=Paralepis mirabilis Ege [V.], 1933:228] Notes: [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn. v. 94; ref. 1186] Sulawesi Sea, western Pacific, 4°03'N, 123°26'E, Dana station 3683, depth about 1000 meters (2000 meters wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933). Paralepididae. Distribution: Proabably circumglobal (including Hawaiian Islands), but not in eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953) - neles barracudina (author) [=Lestidium neles Harry [R. R.], 1953:199, Figs. 18, 22] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 105; ref. 12696] Off Puerto Vallarta, Pacific coast of Mexico, 20°48'15"N, 106°11'50"W, 3240 feet wire out. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops pacificus (Parr, 1931) - Parr's barracudina (author) [=Paralepis pacificus Parr [A. E.], 1931:19, Figs. 6-7] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 2 (art. 4); ref. 3371] Off Puerto Vallarta, Pacific coast of Mexico, 20°48'15"N, 106°11'50"W, 3240 feet wire out. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops pacificus (Parr, 1931). Paralepididae. Distribution: Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops pseudosphyraenoides (Ege, 1918) - pseudosphyraenoides barracudina (author) [=Paralepis pseudosphyraenoides Ege [V.], 1918:246] Notes: [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening v. 69; ref. 15097] Northeastern Atlantic, 39°32'N, 5°15'E, about 1000 meters (2000 meters wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops pseudosphyraenoides (Ege, 1918). Paralepididae. Distribution: Eastern North Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) - slender barracudina [=Sudis ringens Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.], 1880:273, Lestidium elongatum Ege [V.], 1953:61, Fig. 10] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 146); ref. 10599] Santa Barbara Channel, California, U.S.A. (stomach content). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Paralepididae. Distribution: North Pacific. Habitat: marine. (elongatum) [Dana Report No. 40; ref. 12692] North Pacific, 39°43'N, 167°55'W, about 60 meters (183 meters wire out). Current status: Synonym of Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Paralepididae. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933) - similis barracudina (author) [=Paralepis similis Ege [V.], 1933:225] Notes: [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn. v. 94; ref. 1186] Off Dakar, West Africa, 15°31'N, 18°05'W, Dana station 4006, depth about 100 meters (300 meters wire out). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933). Paralepididae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs, 1916 - sphyraenopsis barracudina (author) [=Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs [C. L.], 1916:155, Pl. 18] Notes: [University of California Publications in Zoology v. 16 (no. 13); ref. 2225] Near shore, Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs, 1916. Paralepididae. Distribution: Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Lestidiops sphyrenoides (Risso, 1820) - sphyrenoides barracudina (author) [=Paralepis sphyrenoides Risso [A.], 1820:254] Notes: [Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 91; ref. 18636] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Lestidiops sphyrenoides (Risso, 1820). Paralepididae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: France to Mauritania. Habitat: marine. GENUS Lestidium Gilbert, 1905 - barracudinas [=Lestidium Gilbert [C. H.], 1905:607] Notes: [ref. 1631]. Neut. Lestidium nudum Gilbert, 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type given in parentheses as was Gilbert's style. •Valid as Lestidium Gilbert, 1905 -- (Okiyama 1984:207 [ref.