tagala, Otohime Herre [A. W. C. T.] & Kauffman [D. E.] 1952:27 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 65; ref. 11044] Manila Bay, Philippines, depth 64 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 202506 [ex UW 18957]. Paratypes: USNM 202565 [ex UW 11515] (3), 202566 [ex UW 11516] (1), UW (5). Type catalog: Meldrim & Wadley 1968:873 [ref. 31181]. •Valid as Pterygotrigla tagala (Herre & Kauffman 1952) -- (del Cerro & Lloris 1997:119 [ref. 22944], Richards 1999:2380 [ref. 24797], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Richards et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27122], Fricke et al. 2011:381 [ref. 31242], Last & Richards 2012:39 [ref. 31796], Yoshida et al. 2013:87 [ref. 34464], Yato & Heemstra 2019:197 [ref. 37164]). Current status: Valid as Pterygotrigla tagala (Herre & Kauffman 1952). Triglidae: Pterygotriglinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, South China Sea to Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.