aestuarius, Paralichthys Gilbert [C. H.] & Scofield [N. B.] 1898:499, Pl. 39 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 20 (no. 1131); ref. 14633] Shoal Point, Gulf of California, at mouth of Colorado River, Sonora, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 48128. Paratypes: BMNH 1897.1.12.61 (1), CAS-SU 195 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:140 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Paralichthys aestuarius Gilbert & Scofield 1898 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:58 [ref. 39147], Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995:1373 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:615 [ref. 24023], Arellano-Martínez et al. 1997:936 [ref. 24501], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:474 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:479 [ref. 25838], Thomson et al. 2000:293 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:180 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:173 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32708], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36025], Love et al. 2021:217 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paralichthys aestuarius Gilbert & Scofield 1898. Paralichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico); Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.