mimeticus, Porichthys Walker [H. J., Jr.] & Rosenblatt [R. H.] 1988:895, Fig. 8 [Copeia 1988 (no. 4); ref. 9284] Northeast of outer Gorda Bank, Gulf of California, Mexico, 23°03.6'N, 109°28.4'W. Holotype: SIO 68-55. Paratypes: BMNH 1987.5.26.68-72 (5); CAS-SU 46301 (5), 46304 (8), 46307 (9); LACM 22114-15 (5, 18), 22458 (1), 22458 [sic] (1), 22461 (1), 22464 (1), 33361-2 (9); SIO 68-55 (194), 60-119 (1), 65-250 (4), 65-293 (6), 68-93 (1), 70-257 (4), 75-402 (45) (ex UCLA W62-58); USNM 287709 (5). •Valid as Porichthys mimeticus Walker & Rosenblatt 1988 -- (Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:917 [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. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:85 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Porichthys mimeticus Walker & Rosenblatt 1988. Batrachoididae: Porichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico), and Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.