stigmaeus, Citharichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:411 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 296); ref. 18358] Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 31099. Misspelled stigmateus by Goode 1884:182 [ref. 18145]. •Valid as Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:284 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:570 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:219 [ref. 14674], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1992:101 [ref. 21805], Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995:1356 [ref. 22829], van der Heiden & Mussot-Perez 1995:444 [ref. 21611], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:249 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:613 [ref. 24023], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:210 [ref. 24555], Hoshino & Amaoka 1999:374 [ref. 24199], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:817 [ref. 25968], Allen & Groce 2001:137 [ref. 25751], Nelson et al. 2004:180 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:172 [ref. 37547], van der Heiden et al. 2009:814 [ref. 30608], Victor & Wellington 2013:27 [ref. 32520], Page et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:68 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:324 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:95 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:216 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:131 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Cyclopsettidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.