pacificum, Diplectrum Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:477, Pl. 46 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 226); ref. 13609] Naos Island, Panama. Holotype: USNM 81756. Paratypes: FMNH 8394 (3), USNM 80228 (3). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:32 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand 1925 -- (Bortone 1977:28 [ref. 7064], Allen & Robertson 1994:108 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:90 [ref. 23101], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1587 [ref. 22830], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:280 [ref. 24545], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:362 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:269 [ref. 24550], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:162 [ref. 25813], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:110 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:119 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:397 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:306 [ref. 36544], Parenti & Randall 2020:115 [ref. 37354], Love et al. 2021:148 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:194 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand 1925. Serranidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.