magistralis, Epinnula Poey [F.] 1854:369, Pl. 32 (figs. 3-4) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Bimini, Bahamas. [Original locality: Havana, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic.] Neotype: USNM 391434. Neotype designated by Ho et al. 2017:400 [ref. 35701]. •Valid as Epinnula magistralis Poey 1854 -- (Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:226 [ref. 6441], Parin & Kotlyar 1991:1004 [ref. 19226], Cervigón 1992:324 [ref. 23827], Nakamura & Parin 1993:26 [ref. 21769], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:326 [ref. 25013], Nakabo 2000:1340 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2001:331 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1340 [ref. 26193], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1817 [ref. 27115], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:499 [ref. 28379] now = E. pacifica, McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:756 [ref. 28815], Ho & Yee 2012:62 [ref. 32522] now = E. pacifica, Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Stewart 2015:1605 [ref. 34196] now = E. pacifica, Hata & Motomura 2016:11 [ref. 35077] now = E. pacifica, Ho et al. 2017:393 [ref. 35701], Page et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Epinnula magistralis Poey 1854. Gempylidae. Distribution: Cuba, Bahamas and Virgin Islands [ref. 35701]; western Atlantic Ocean [ref. 35701]. Old locality: Probably circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, including Hawaiian Islands, but not eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.