cruentum, Polylepion Gomon [M. F.] 1977:624, Figs. 1, 2 left, 3 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 89 (no. 54); ref. 1831] Eastern Pacific off Quepos, Costa Rica, depth 190 meters. Holotype: USNM 215465. Paratypes: CAS 36000 (2), SIO 68-4 (1), UCR 353-2 (1), UF 232923 [ex UMML 32923] (3), USNM 215466 (10, 1 c&s). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:382 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Polylepion cruentum Gomon 1977 -- (Bussing 1987:96 [ref. 21800], Bussing & López S. 1994:116 [ref. 23101], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1219 [ref. 22830], Gomon 1997:822 [ref. 23083], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:201 [ref. 24545], Parenti & Randall 2000:35 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:173 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:156 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:137 [ref. 37547], Kuiter 2010:48 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Britzke et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38675], Love et al. 2021:177 [ref. 39279], Baldwin et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40152], Page et al. 2023:174 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Polylepion cruentum Gomon 1977. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.