ephippiatus, Porichthys Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1988:900, Fig. 12 [Copeia 1988 (no. 4); ref. 9284] Mexico, about 20°48'N, 105°27'W. Holotype: SIO 70-160. Paratypes: (540) BMNH 1987.5.26.58-62 (5); CAS 3601-02 (1, 1), 4784 (1), 4911-4913 (1 ea.), 5411-5416 (1 ea.), 36598 (14, now 13); CAS-SU 18465 (1), 46302-03 (18, 1), 46306 (6), 46739-40 (5, 2), 57006 (2); LACM 22103 (17), 30123-5 (7); SIO (many lots); UBC 59-247 (3); USNM 287708 (5). •Valid as Porichthys ephippiatus Walker & Rosenblatt 1988 -- (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:916 [ref. 22829], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:57 [ref. 37547], Greenfield et al. 2008:674 [ref. 30046], Page et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Love et al. 2021:85 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Porichthys ephippiatus Walker & Rosenblatt 1988. Batrachoididae: Porichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Guatemala. Habitat: marine.