filifer, Sebastes Valenciennes [A.] 1840:[21], Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Syntypes: MNHN A-3879 (1, dry), B-2567 (1, dry), B-2568 (1, dry). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:19 [ref. 20738]. Dates to Pl. 2 in 1840, p. 21 published in 1843. •Synonym of Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich 1825) -- (Eschmeyer 1969:36 [ref. 1274], Blanc & Hureau 1973:583 [ref. 7218], Hureau & Litvinenko in Whitehead et al. 1986:1213 [ref. 13677], Eschmeyer & Dempster 1990:668 [ref. 17613], Poss 2016:2265 [ref. 34610]). Current status: Synonym of Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich 1825). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.