evolans, Trigla Linnaeus [C.] 1766:498 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.] and Jamaica. Syntypes: LS [Garden no. 21] (right half-skin). Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:204 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:45 [ref. 20705]. Named Trigla volitans by Euphrasen 1795:75 [ref. 30156]. Based on manuscript description and 1 specimen sent by A. Garden [South Carolina], and on the 'Trigla capite aculeato & squamoso ..., The smaller flying Trigla' of Browne 1756:453, Pl. 47, fig. 3 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica]. •Valid as Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:280 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:488 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:190 [ref. 14674], Miller & Richards 1991:760 [ref. 15981], Smith 1986:448 [ref. 22186], Murdy et al. 1997:144 [ref. 23144], Klein-MacPhee & McBride in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:343 [ref. 26158], Richards & Miller 2003:1273 [ref. 27049], Nelson et al. 2004:117 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:182 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus 1766). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.