maculatus, Aulostoma Valenciennes [A.] 1841:v. 8, figure caption, Pl. 92 (Fig. 2) [Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation; ref. 17868] Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Holotype (unique): Not preserved. •Valid as Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes 1841 -- (Wheeler 1955:614 [ref. 12537], Robins & Ray 1986:121 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:263 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:93 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:264 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1040 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:193 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754] dated 1837, Bowen et al. 2001:1029 [ref. 25372], Collette et al. 2003:105 [ref. 26784], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:71 [ref. 27192] dating to 1842, Smith et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807] dating to 1837, Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Kuiter 2009:313 [ref. 30404] dating to 1837, Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:36 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Carneiro et al. 2019:174 [ref. 37250] as cf. maculatus, Robertson et al. 2020:151 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:418 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:73 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:99 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes 1841. Aulostomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.