nigricans, Camarina Ayres [W. O.] 1860:81, Fig. 22 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 2 (1858-1862); ref. 158] Coast of Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Any types at CAS would have been lost in 1906. •Valid as Girella nigricans (Ayres 1860) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:223 [ref. 9277], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1198 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:192 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:43 [ref. 24023], Pequeño & Lamilla 2000:434 [ref. 24906], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24940], Thomson et al. 2000:138 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:131 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Knudsen & Clements 2013:77 [ref. 33031], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:252 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:77 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:168 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:170 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Girella nigricans (Ayres 1860). Girellidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Oregon (U.S.A.) south to southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.