myriaster, Porichthys Hubbs [C. L.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1939:478, Fig. 57b [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 86 (no. 3060); ref. 2263] San Diego, California, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 8483. Paratypes: FMNH 42041 (4); UMMZ 63610 (2), ?64146 (4), 64148-49 (?, 1), 80829 (1), 86050 (1), 105489 (1), 115795 (1), 115820-23 (1, 1, 2, 1); USNM 17046 (1), 24814 (1), 24863 (1), 24881 (9), 26805 (1), 31349 (1), 34757 (5), 34777 (1), 54738 (1), 54748-49 (2, 1), 54757 (2), 54760 (3), 54764 (1), 62409 (1), 103431 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:69 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Porichthys myriaster Hubbs & Schultz 1939 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:107 [ref. 9277], Walker & Rosenblatt 1988:891 [ref. 9284], Allen & Robertson 1994:80 [ref. 22193], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:918 [ref. 22829], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:356 [ref. 23520], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:244 [ref. 24555], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:298 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Greenfield et al. 2008:674 [ref. 30046], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Porichthys myriaster Hubbs & Schultz 1939. Batrachoididae: Porichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico); northern Peru. Habitat: marine.