affinis, Caulolatilus Gill [T. N.] 1865:68 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17; ref. 1708] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 5789 (poor condition). •Valid as Caulolatilus affinis Gill 1865 -- (Dooley 1978:25 [ref. 5499], Allen & Robertson 1994:124 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:98 [ref. 23101], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1268 [ref. 22830], Franke & Acero P. 1996:766 [ref. 22923], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:221 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:350 [ref. 24023], Elorduy-Garay & Ruiz-Cordova 1998:259 [ref. 23494], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:335 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:114 [ref. 25640], Walker et al. 2002:139 [ref. 26937], Nelson et al. 2004:139 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:114 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32708], Lea & Feeney 2013: [1] [ref. 32940], Fourriére et al. 2016:445 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:230 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35676], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499], Love et al. 2021:151 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:341 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Caulolatilus affinis Gill 1865. Latilidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.