nodosus, Calamus Randall [J. E.] & Caldwell [D. K.] 1966:36, Fig. 20 [Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History No. 2; ref. 9053] About 25 miles south-southwest of Destin, Florida, U.S.A., depth 20 fathoms. Holotype: LACM 8669. Paratypes: ANSP 102735 (1); BMNH 1965.5.10.1 (1); CAS 23716 [ex IU 205] (1), 23717 [ex IU 317] (1), CAS-SU 62514 (2); CUMV 48293 (1); FMNH 7060 (2), IMSUT uncat. (2); LACM 8670-76 (7); MCZ 43997 (3); TU 37765 (1); UF 12504 (1), 19334 (1), 217344 [ex UMML 17344] (1); UMMZ 173982 (1), 173992 (1); UPR 1529 (1), 1535-36 (2); USNM 158603 (1), 35040 (1), 38212 (1), 62576 (lost), 151912 (1), 152069 (2), 152098-99 (2), 152101 (1); 164642 (1), 158603 (1), 164642 (1). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:126 [ref. 20861], Gilbert 1974:113 [ref. 21035], Bart & Taylor 1993:55 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Calamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell 1966 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:183 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:142 [ref. 23239], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Carpenter 2003:1567 [ref. 27092], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:396 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Parenti 2019:75 [ref. 36892], Page et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Calamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell 1966. Sparidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida (U.S.A.); Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.