esunculus, Atopichthys Garman [S.] 1899:327, Pl. 65 (figs. 2-2a) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Acapulco, Mexico. Syntypes: MCZ 28430 (2). •Synonym of Albula vulpes (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead 1986:225 [ref. 5733], Whitehead 1990:123 [ref. 19325]). •Valid as Albula esunculus (Garman 1899) -- (Pfeiler et al. 2008:763 [ref. 29949], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Kwun & Kim 2011:57 [ref. 31334], Pfeiler et al. 2011:9 [ref. 31589], Page et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32708], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35859], Grove et al. 2022:15 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:50 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40816]). •Valid as Albula esuncula (Garman 1899) -- (Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:236 [ref. 36362], Fricke et al. 2024:110 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Albula esuncula (Garman 1899). Albulidae: Albulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern Gulf of California (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2008): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.