xenisma, Prionotus Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:169 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Off Pacific coast of Colombia [should be south of Isla del Rey, Gulf of Panama, Panama], 7°57'N, 78°55'W, Albatross station 279, depth 33 fathoms [60.4 meters]. Lectotype: USNM 41151. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 202 (6); USNM 41361 (6), 204293 [ex USNM 41151] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:125 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Miller & Richards 1991:650 [ref. 15980]. •Valid as Bellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman 1890) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:153 [ref. 9277], Miller & Richards 1991:650 [ref. 15980], Miller & Richards 1991:761 [ref. 15981], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1993:89 [ref. 21807], Allen & Robertson 1994:102 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:86 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:1646 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:300 [ref. 24545], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Richards & McCosker 1998:940 [ref. 23599], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:263 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:116 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:81 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:113 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:181 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman 1890). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico); straying to southern California (U.S.A.). IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: marine.