paitensis, Trachinotus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:438 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Paita, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-6814. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:29 [ref. 12247]. •Valid as Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier 1832 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:210 [ref. 9277], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:129 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:108 [ref. 23101], Lea & Walker 1995:90 [ref. 23105], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:981 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:89 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:374 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:284 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:279 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:398 [ref. 25838], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1463 [ref. 27083], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:119 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:238 [ref. 35888], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:155 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:130 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:218 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus paitensis Cuvier 1832. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.