brachysomus, Sparus Lockington [W. N.] 1880:284 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 149); ref. 17550] Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 26983 (poor condition). Paralectotypes: (several, apparently lost). Lectotype established by Randall & Caldwell 1966:43 by use of "type" [ref. 9053]. •Valid as Calamus brachysomus (Lockington 1880) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:47 [ref. 39147], Randall & Caldwell 1966:29 [ref. 9053], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:218 [ref. 9277], Allen & Robertson 1994:156 [ref. 22193], Bianchi in Fischer et al. 1995:1616 [ref. 22830], Franke & Acero P. 1996:767 [ref. 22923], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:289 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:415 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:362 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:347 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:132 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:125 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:246 [ref. 35888], Parenti 2019:74 [ref. 36892], Love et al. 2021:164 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:207 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:417 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Calamus brachysomus (Lockington 1880). Sparidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.