sordidus, Verilus Poey [F.] 1860:125, Pl. 12 (fig. 6) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Neotype: MCZ 21764. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:198 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 21764 as holotype. Neotype selected by Yamanoue et al. 2009:402 [ref. 30547]. •Valid as Verilus sordidus Poey 1860 -- (Cervigón 1992:357 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:158 [ref. 24474], Heemstra & Yamanoue 2003:1302 [ref. 35184], Bunkley-Williams & Williams 2004:105 [ref. 27795], Yamanoue et al. 2009:403 [ref. 30547], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:63 [ref. 31056], Yamanoue 2016:2390 [ref. 34736], Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017:58 [ref. 35293]). Current status: Valid as Verilus sordidus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas to Brazil. Habitat: marine.