scitulus, Prionotus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:288 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Pensacola, Florida and Beaufort, North Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 15148 (1) Florida. Based on Prionotus punctatus (non Bloch 1793) of Jordan & Gilbert 1879:373 [ref. 2465], and on one specimen; authors state the "The original types were obtained by us at Beaufort..." •Valid as Prionotus scitulus Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Ross 1983:9 [ref. 36592], Robins & Ray 1986:280 [ref. 23100], Miller & Richards 1991:760 [ref. 15981], Boschung 1992:101 [ref. 23239], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:244 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754], Richards & Miller 2003:1276 [ref. 27049], Nelson et al. 2004:117 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:67 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32708], Bagley et al. 2023:322 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:182 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Prionotus scitulus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to southern Argentina, including northern, western and southern Gulf of Mexico, to northern Quintana Roo (Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.