panamense, Pristipoma Steindachner [F.] 1875:36 [8], Pl. 1 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.); ref. 4223] Bay of Panama, (Pacific) Panama. Syntypes: MCZ 404 (1), 4855 (2), 10608 (1); NMW 76408 (1). On p. 8 of separate. Sometimes dated to 1876. •Valid as Pomadasys panamensis (Steindachner 1875) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:45 [ref. 39147] as Pomadasis panamensis, Bussing 1993:245 [ref. 19564], Allen & Robertson 1994:154 [ref. 22193], McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1171 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:379 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:342 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:125 [ref. 37547], Tavera 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:394 [ref. 34894], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871]). •Valid as Rhencus panamensis (Steindachner 1875) -- (Tavera et al. 2018:220 [ref. 35783], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2019:172 [ref. 37021], Love et al. 2021:163 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:207 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:357 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Rhencus panamensis (Steindachner 1875). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.