pretiosa, Argentina Girard [C. F.] 1854:155 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 5769] Presidio, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: UMMZ 61252 (1). •Valid as Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard 1854) -- (Berg 1948:450 [ref. 12882], McAllister 1963:28 [ref. 8075], Lee et al. 1980:122 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:80 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:75 [ref. 14674], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:733 [ref. 24702], Saruwatari et al. 1997:78 [ref. 23753], Dorofeeva 1998:50 [ref. 23573], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:173 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:85 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:32 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:85 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:20 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:40 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:51 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard 1854). Osmeridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Alaska (U.S.A.) south to southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish, marine.