TABLE 1. List of the currently valid species of the Coelorinchus acanthiger –group with their distributions.

Species	Distribution	Remarks
Southern subtropical from off Coelorinchus acanthiger Barnard, 1925 Argentina and South Africa to Australian – New Zealand region		Coelorinchus pseudoparallellus Trunov, 1983 is a synonym.
Coelorinchus amirantensis Iwamoto, Golani, Baranes and Goren, 2006	Mascarene Ridge
Coelorinchus anisacanthus Sazonov, 1994	Central Pacific
Coelorinchus aratrum Gilbert, 1905	Central Pacific
Coelorinchus braueri Barnard, 1925	Off South Africa	Specimens from seamounts in southwestern Indian Ocean at 25° S and from off South African coast and Agulhas show slight morphometric and structural differences and require thorough comparison.
Coelorinchus divergens Okamura and Yatou, 1984	Japan
Coelorinchus doryssus Gilbert, 1905	Central Pacific
Coelorinchus gilberti Jordan and Hubbs, 1925	Japan to Taiwan	Coelorinchus kanetomoi Matsubara and Asano, 1943 is a synonym (Okamura 1970a).
Coelorinchus kermadecus Jordan and South-western Pacific from Gilbert, 1904 New Caledonia to New Zealand
Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)	North-eastern Atlantic	A very similar form (its differences from the nominal C. labiatus remain uncertain) is known from off South Africa and the seamounts of the south-western Indian Ocean. It was reported as Coelorinchus sp. 1 b by Iwamoto et al. (2004).
Coelorinchus lasti Iwamoto and Williams, 1999	Australasia
Coelorinchus mascarenus, new species	Mascarene Ridge
Coelorinchus mediterraneus Iwamoto and Ungaro, 2002	Mediterranean Sea
South-western Pacific from Coelorinchus mycterismus McMillan and south of New Caledonia to New Paulin, 1993 Zealand
South-western Pacific from Coelorinchus obscuratus McMillan and south of New Caledonia to New Iwamoto, 2009 Zealand
Coelorinchus occa (Goode and Bean, 1885)	Western central Atlantic	Specimens reported by Trunov (1984) from the South African waters belong to Coelorinchus sp. 1 b (cf. labiatus).
Coelorinchus paraboliceps, new species	Mascarene Ridge
Coelorinchus parallellus (Günther, 1877)	Japan to Taiwan
Southern Japan (Okinawa Coelorinchus sparsilepis Okamura, 1984 Trough)		Separation from C. parallellus requires confirmation (Iwamoto and Merrett 1997).
Coelorinchus trachycarus Iwamoto, Off southern Australia and McMillan and Shcherbachev, 1999 New Zealand
Coelorinchus yurii Iwamoto, Golani, Baranes and Goren, 2006	Mascarene Ridge