ovalis, Sebastodes Ayres [W. O.] 1862:209, Fig. 65 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 2; ref. 17944] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Ayres specimen and possible type: BMNH 1863.10.9.22 (1). •Valid as Sebastes ovalis (Ayres 1862) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:145 [ref. 9277], Nichol et al. 1989:173 [ref. 23108], Léon-Castro et al. 1993:323 [ref. 24939], Orr et al. 2000:30 [ref. 24942], Shytko 2001:56 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:225 [ref. 26216], Nelson et al. 2004:115 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:78 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:14 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32708], 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 ovalis (Ayres 1862). Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: northern Washington (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.