egretta, Prionotus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:465, Pl. 111 (fig. 381) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Off Barbados, West Indies, Blake dredge no. 297, depth 123 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28086. •Valid as Bellator egretta (Goode & Bean 1896) -- (Ross 1983:52 [ref. 36592], Robins & Ray 1986:279 [ref. 23100], Miller & Richards 1991:639 [ref. 15980], Miller & Richards 1991:761 [ref. 15981], Cervigón 1991:297 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:99 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:452 [ref. 23827], Richards & Miller 2003:1271 [ref. 27049], Nelson et al. 2004:116 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:56 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32708], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:137 [ref. 37485], Robertson et al. 2020:164 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho 2023:105 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:181 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bellator egretta (Goode & Bean 1896). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Barbados, including Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea; Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Habitat: brackish, marine.