eumelum, Diplectrum Rosenblatt [R. H.] & Johnson [G. D.] 1974:185, Fig. 1b [California Fish and Game v. 60 (no. 4); ref. 7537] BahÃa de Banderas, Jalisco, Mexico, depth 31-35 meters. Holotype: SIO 65-160. Paratypes: SIO 15-111 (1) (ex UCLA W56-118), 15-181 (54) (ex UCLA W63-148), 65-160 (8), 70-141 (2), 70-218 (24), 71-57 (8), 71-249 (2); UCLA 63-142 (12); USNM 216407 [ex SIO 62-51] (7). •Valid as Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson 1974 -- (Bortone 1977:39 [ref. 7064], Allen & Robertson 1994:108 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:90 [ref. 23101], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1582 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:282 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:335 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:362 [ref. 24555], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:162 [ref. 25813], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:110 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Parenti & Randall 2020:114 [ref. 37354], Love et al. 2021:147 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:193 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson 1974. Serranidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.
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