truncatum, Peristethus Günther [A.] 1880:7, Pl. 2 (fig. A) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Off Pernambuco, Brazil, Challenger station 122, depth 30 or 350 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.266. •Valid as Peristedion truncatum (Günther 1880) -- (Miller 1967:39 [ref. 7978], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:447 [ref. 14275], Ben-Tuvia et al. 2001:1286 [ref. 41445] as Peristeiodon truncatum, McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:49 [ref. 28815] as Peristeiodon truncatum, Miller & Richards 2003:1284 [ref. 27050], Moore et al. 2003:222 [ref. 27076], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:82 [ref. 28815], Kawai 2008:24 [ref. 29787], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Robertson et al. 2020:160 [ref. 38098], Page et al. 2023:182 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Peristedion truncatum (Günther 1880). Triglidae: Peristediinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Jersey (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.