nigrocinctus, Sebastes Ayres [W. O.] 1859:25 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 2 (1858-1862); ref. 155] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1863.10.9.27 (1). Any types at CAS would have been lost in 1906. •Valid as Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres 1859 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:145 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:188 [ref. 14674], Orr et al. 2000:36 [ref. 24942], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Shytko 2001:53 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:222 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:350 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:115 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:78 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:112 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:33 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:144 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:61 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:110 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:180 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes nigrocinctus Ayres 1859. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) south to southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.