castor, Pontinus Poey [F.] 1860:173 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. No types known. •Valid as Pontinus castor Poey 1860 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:30 [ref. 1274], Robins & Ray 1986:273 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:281 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:420 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:196 [ref. 25013], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1245 [ref. 27048], Bunkley-Williams & Williams 2004:104 [ref. 27795], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:36 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho 2023:107 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:178 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus castor Poey 1860. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including eastern Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.