ritteri, Pleuronichthys Starks [E. C.] & Morris [E. L.] 1907:243, Pl. 21 [University of California Publications in Zoology v. 3 (no. 11); ref. 10118] San Diego Bay, California, U.S.A. Holotype: CAS-SU 9786. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21131 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:142 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris 1907 -- (Fitch 1963:23 [ref. 21219], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:293 [ref. 9277], Sakamoto 1984:209 [ref. 5273], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1385 [ref. 22830], Evseenko 1998:60 [ref. 23643], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:711 [ref. 26711], Evseenko 2004:13 [ref. 27606], Nelson et al. 2004:181 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:177 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:336 [ref. 35888], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Love et al. 2021:221 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:134 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris 1907. Pleuronectidae: Pleuronichthyinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.