vaughani, Pontinus Barnhart [P. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1946:373, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California v. 5 (no. 5); ref. 13119] Pacific off Cedros Island, Baja California. Holotype (unique): SIO 64-275. •Valid as Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & Hubbs 1946 -- (Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1552 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:823 [ref. 41086] as vaughni, Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2005:73 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:154 [ref. 40735], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:104 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:178 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & Hubbs 1946. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including southwestern Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.