pectoralis, Diplecogaster bimaculata Briggs [J. C.] 1955:30, Fig. 83 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 6; ref. 637] Off La Luz, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, depth about 100 fathoms. Holotype: ZMUC P9034. Paratypes: BMNH 1890.2.26.123 (1); IOM uncat. (1); CAS-SU 18735 (1); ZMUC P9035-36 (2). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:85 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre 1788), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Briggs 1973:652 [ref. 7222], Briggs in Whitehead et al. 1986:1355 [ref. 13677], Briggs 1990:474 [ref. 15498], Arruda 1997:124 [ref. 24952]). •Valid as Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs 1955 -- (Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Fricke et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33962], Fricke et al. in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2809 [ref. 34618], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2017:210 [ref. 35501], Fricke & Wirtz 2017:6 [ref. 35696], Carneiro et al. 2019:205 [ref. 37250], Fricke & Wirtz 2023:8 [ref. 40196]). Current status: Valid as Diplecogaster pectoralis Briggs 1955. Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.