punctatus, Opisthognathus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1869:708 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869; ref. 14098] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): ZMB 7063. Correct spelling of genus is Opistognathus. •Valid as Opistognathus punctatus Peters 1869 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:214 [ref. 22193], Thomson et al. 2000:194 [ref. 25640], Bussing & Lavenberg 2003:546 [ref. 27787], Nelson et al. 2004:130 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:113 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:444 [ref. 34668] as Opisthognathus, Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:150 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Opistognathus punctatus Peters 1869. Opistognathidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.