cingulatus, Auchenopterus Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:361 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Ponce, Puerto Rico. Holotype: USNM 49375. Paratypes: (4) USNM 50165 (1), 125928 (2). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:16-17 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Paraclinus cingulatus (Evermann & Marsh 1899) -- (Springer 1955:437 [ref. 10206], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:32 [ref. 5580], Robins & Ray 1986:225 [ref. 23100], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:165 [ref. 27754], Williams 2003:1760 [ref. 27109], Smith et al. 2003:51 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:163 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:603 [ref. 28815], Patzner et al. 2009:464 [ref. 30396], Page et al. 2013:170 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:68 [ref. 33341], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paraclinus cingulatus (Evermann & Marsh 1899). Labrisomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U,.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Panama and Barbados, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.