Epinnula rex Ho, Motomura, Hata & Chiang

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Motomura, Hiroyuki, Hata, Harutaka & Chiang, Wei-Chuan, 2022, Epinnula rex nom. nov., a replacement name for Epinnula pacifica Ho, Motomura Hata & Jiang, 2017 (Teleostei: Gempylidae), Zootaxa 5141 (2), pp. 199-200 : 199

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6581721
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Epinnula rex Ho, Motomura, Hata & Chiang , nomen novum urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:689988A0-823E-4EFC-85A8-2D485860BC3B

Type series. As listed in Ho et al. (2017). Other materials. KAUM –I. 117161, 468.0 mm SL, Ishigaki Island , Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 24 July 2018, coll. H. Hirasaka ; KAUM –I. 141344, 820.0 mm SL, Ishigaki Island , 630–660 m depth, 5 Mar. 2017 , H. Hirasaka; KAUM –I. 164522, 190.2 mm SL, Kumano-nada , off Kiinagashima, Kihoku, Mie Prefecture, Japan, 34°10′53″N, 136°21′16″E, 15 Dec. 2015 GoogleMaps ; KAUM –I. 165071, 194.2 mm SL, Enshu-nada , off Omaezaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 34°22′N, 138°11′E, 25 Dec. 2020 GoogleMaps , FRV Daihachi-tokai-maru; NMMB-P 20645, 285 mm SL, Daxi , Yilan, 22 Oct. 2011, coll. H.-C. Ho. NMMB-P 34200, 471 mm SL, Keelung fish market, 26 May 2020, coll. C.N. Tang ; NSMT-P 143547, 736.9 mm SL, Ishigaki Island , 9 Dec. 2021, coll. H. Hirasaka.

Etymology. The specific name means “king” in Latin, used as a noun, as an homage to its Atlantic congener Epinnula magistralis which was named for “master” in Latin.

Remarks. Although being treated as a subspecies of what is now recognized as Neoepinnula orientalis, Grey (1953) pointed out the differences between E. o. pacifica (from Japan) and E. o. orientalis (from South Africa), which may be recognized as two different species after further study. The availability of Epinnula o. pacifica (now under Neoepinnula ) requires that the 2017 E. pacifica have an amended name under the principle of homonymy. As such, a replacement name is provided.

The new replacement name will take the same type series, as well as the same authorship with one change. For this nomen novum, we would like to correct the name of the fourth author (WCC) whose surname should be changed to Chiang.