bathytatos, Sciaena Chao [L. N.] & Miller [R. V.] 1975:267, Fig. 9 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 25 (no. 2); ref. 7412] Caribbean Sea off Colombia, 9°36'N, 76°22'W, Oregon station 5722, depth 280 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 211514. Paratypes: AMNH 33470 (1); ANSP 126874 (2); BMNH 1974.4.1.3 (1); CAS 29740 (1); FMNH 77047 (1); MCZ 49119 (1); UF 19889 (1), 231589 [ex UMML 31589] (1); USNM 211578-81 (1, 3, 1, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:151 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:78 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Sciaena bathytatos Chao & Miller 1975 -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983], Cervigón 1992:411 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:296 [ref. 24474]). •Valid as Protosciaena bathytatos (Chao & Miller 1975) -- (Chao 2003:1637 [ref. 27097], Parenti 2020:46 [ref. 37439], Carvalho-Filho 2023:172 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Protosciaena bathytatos (Chao & Miller 1975). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean Sea (Panama, Venezuela and Trinidad) south to Pará (Brazil). Habitat: marine.