dorsalis, Hypsypops Gill [T. N.] 1862:147 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 4369. •Valid as Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862) -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:189 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1401 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:477 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:165 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:135 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], González-Murcia et al. 2019:305 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:167 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.