nigripinnis, Rhypticus Gill [T. N.] 1861:53 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1769] Panama (Pacific). Holotype (unique): USNM 3700. Original genus should have been spelled Rypticus. •Valid as Rypticus nigripinnis Gill 1861 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:119 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:96 [ref. 23101], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1577 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:331 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:273 [ref. 24555], Guimarães 1999:353 [ref. 24429], Thomson et al. 2000:101 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:129 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:112 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:444 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], González-Murcia et al. 2019:306 [ref. 36544], Parenti & Randall 2020:101 [ref. 37354], Love et al. 2021:147 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:327 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Rypticus nigripinnis Gill 1861. Grammistidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.