occidentalis, Hoplostethus Woods [L. P.] in Woods & Sonoda 1973:319, Fig. 24 [Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 6); ref. 6899] Gulf of Mexico, 29°06.5'N, 88°18'W, Oregon station 3691, depth 235 fathoms. Holotype: FMNH 66790. Paratypes: FMNH 64529 (1), 64536 (2), 4538-39 (2, 1), 65297-99 (1, 2, 1), 65300 (1), 66232-35 (3, 4, 1, 2), 66925-37 (2, 5, 1, 3, 1, 5, 11, 1, 16, 4, 2, 4, 5), 66938-49 (1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 4, 9, 1, 5, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:47 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Hoplostethus occidentalis Woods 1973 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:267 [ref. 14275], Kotlyar 1986:119 [ref. 6004], Cervigón 1991:241 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:91 [ref. 23239], Kotlyar 1996:145 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1007 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:182 [ref. 25013], Claro et al. 2000:21 [ref. 26458], Moore in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:304 [ref. 26158], Moore 2003:1188 [ref. 27002], Moore et al. 2003:220 [ref. 27076], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:69 [ref. 27192], Moore & Dodd 2010:138 [ref. 30876], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:127 [ref. 37485], Klautau et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37903], Robertson et al. 2020:164 [ref. 38098], Page et al. 2023:106 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hoplostethus occidentalis Woods 1973. Trachichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida Straits (U.S.A.) south to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.