simulus, Ophioscion Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1449 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2444] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 5516. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:78 [ref. 12291]. Author is C. H. Gilbert. Also appeared as Gilbert in Gilbert & Starks 1904:130, Pl. 19 (fig. 38) [ref. 1639]. •Valid as Ophioscion simulus Gilbert 1898 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:165 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:134 [ref. 23101], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1486 [ref. 22830], Parenti 2020:35 [ref. 37439]). •Valid as Stellifer simulus (Gilbert 1898) -- (Chao et al. 2021:441 [ref. 38395]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer simulus (Gilbert 1898). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica and Panama. Habitat: marine.