xyris, Sebastopsis Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:369 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 290); ref. 12308] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 30979 (6). •Valid as Scorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Meek & Hildebrand 1928:845 [ref. 2964], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:133 [ref. 9277], Léon-Castro et al. 1993:324 [ref. 24939], Allen & Robertson 1994:101 [ref. 22193], Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1559 [ref. 22830], Franke & Acero P. 1996:766 [ref. 22923], Allen & Robertson 1997:823 [ref. 41086], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:292 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:267 [ref. 24555], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:121 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:70 [ref. 25640], Richards & Engle 2001:178 [ref. 25759], Greenfield & Matsuura 2002:976 [ref. 26507], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:74 [ref. 37547], Béarez & Séret 2009:147 [ref. 36646], Poss et al. 2010:241 [ref. 30744], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Butler et al. 2012:168 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:126 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:105 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:179 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.