minimus, Cymatogaster Gibbons [W. P.] 1854:p. 2, col. 3 [Daily Placer Times and Transcript [newspaper] v. 5 (no. 1274); ref. 5207] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. No types known. Appeared first in newspaper as above; then in Gibbons 1854:106 [ref. 18929]. •Valid as Abeona minima (Gibbons 1854) -- (Herrera 1896:57 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Micrometrus minimus (Gibbons 1854) -- (Tarp 1952:82 [ref. 12250], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:231 [ref. 9277], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000:73 [ref. 24940], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:133 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:158 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:260 [ref. 35888], Longo et al. 2018:595 [ref. 36149], Burton & Lea 2019:80 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:173 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:160 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Micrometrus minimus (Gibbons 1854). Embiotocidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.