Peristedion Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:368 Neut. Peristedion malarmat Lacepède 1801 (= Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 10, 1826:52 [ref. 3853] plus v. 16, 1830:270 (see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396]); also by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:732 [ref. 2476]. Spelled Peristethidion, Peristethion, Peristethium, and Peristhedion in early literature. •Valid as Peristedion Lacepède 1801 -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:591 [ref. 7218], Ochiai & Yatou in Masuda et al. 1984:335 [ref. 6441], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:1239 [ref. 13677], Heemstra 1986:489 [ref. 5660], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:108 [ref. 15964], Chen & Shao 1988:131 [ref. 6676], Paxton et al. 1989:456 [ref. 12442], del Cerro & Lloris 1997:95 [ref. 22944], Richards 1999:2361 [ref. 24797], Miller & Richards 2003:1279 [ref. 27050], Paxton et al. 2006:926 [ref. 29074], Kawai 2008:24 [ref. 29787], Bussing 2010:1149 [ref. 31065], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:40 [ref. 36649], Shinohara et al. 2011:43 [ref. 31715], Tenda & Kawai 2012:135 [ref. 32374], Ho et el. 2013:37 [ref. 33263], Ono & Kawai 2014:117 [ref. 35455], Kawai 2016:335 [ref. 34782], Fricke et al. 2017:90 [ref. 35629], Robertson et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:139 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:106 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Peristedion Lacepède 1801. Triglidae: Peristediinae.