carolina, Trigla Linnaeus [C.] 1771:528 [Mantissa Plantarum altera; ref. 13301] Carolina, U.S.A. No types known. Paepke 1999:152 [ref. 24282] treats Trigla carolina Bloch 1793 apparently as independent of Linnaeus (not researched). •Valid as Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus 1771) -- (Herrera 1896:64 [ref. 39336], Smith 1986:447 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:279 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:488 [ref. 25518], McAllis, Klein-MacPhee & McBride in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:340 [ref. 26158], Richards & Miller 2003:1273 [ref. 27049], Nelson et al. 2004:117 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:182 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus 1771). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.