simulator, Sebastes Chen [L.-C.] 1971:16, Pl. 2 (fig. A) [Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California v. 18; ref. 7668] 2 1/2 miles south-southwest of Carlsbad, south of Oceanside, San Diego, California, U.S.A., depth 200 meters. Holotype: SIO 68-137. Paratypes: CAS 17607 [ex SIO 56-81] (1); LACM 22127 (1); SIO 15-1961 (2) (ex UCLA W48-19), 49-91 (1) (ex UCLA W49-362), 51-339 (1), 56-5 (2), 56-74 (1), 56-81 (3, now 2), 57-48 (1), 57-220 (1), 62-471 (1), 62-520 (2), 63-161 (5), 64-937 (3), 65-2 (1), 65-58 (1), 65-62 (1), 65-67 (2), 65-70 (2), 65-126 (1), 65-447 (1), 66-17 (3), 67-47 (5), 67-73 (1), 67-74 (5), 67-226 (1), 69-57 (2). •Valid as Sebastes simulator Chen 1971 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:151 [ref. 9277], Léon-Castro et al. 1993:323 [ref. 24939], Orr et al. 2000:41 [ref. 24942], Shytko 2001:72 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:268 [ref. 26216], Nelson et al. 2004:116 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:80 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:84 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:152 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:62 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:112 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:181 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes simulator Chen 1971. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico), including Guadalupe Island (Mexico). Habitat: marine.