pectoralis, Nematistius Gill [T. N.] 1862:259 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 4909] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 2421. •Valid as Nematistius pectoralis Gill 1862 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:211 [ref. 9277], Allen & Robertson 1994:129 [ref. 22193], Niem in Fischer et al. 1995:1322 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:379 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:272 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:271 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:397 [ref. 25838], Thomson et al. 2000:291 [ref. 25640], O'Toole 2002:617 [ref. 26411], Nelson et al. 2004:139 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:114 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:29 [ref. 31826], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:457 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:230 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:151 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:130 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:192 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Nematistius pectoralis Gill 1862. Nematistiidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.