nobilis, Johnius Ayres [W. O.] 1860:77, Fig. 20 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 2 (1858-1862); ref. 158] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A.; Baja California, 27°N, Mexico. No types known. Any types at CAS would have been lost in 1906. •Valid as Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres 1860) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:219 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:151 [ref. 14674], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1446 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:264 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:358 [ref. 24550], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:657 [ref. 25968], Chao 2002:8 [ref. 26250], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:126 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:55 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:248 [ref. 35888], Song et al. 2017:235 [ref. 35529], Burton & Lea 2019:77 [ref. 37205], Parenti 2020:6 [ref. 37439], Love et al. 2021:164 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres 1860). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California and northern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.