americana, Scorpaena Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1220 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] America. No types known. See also Hemitripterus americanus Cuvier 1829. Scorpaena americana Lacepède 1801 is apparently the same as, and preoccupied by, Scorpaena americana Gmelin 1789. •Valid as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Herrera 1896:63 [ref. 39336] with author as Storer, Robins & Ray 1986:282 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:496 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:198 [ref. 14674], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:359 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:505 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27294], Nelson et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:125 [ref. 32708], Simian et al. 2022:376 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:188 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin 1789). Agonidae: Hemitripterinae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: Labrador (Canada) south to Chesapeake Bay (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.