imitator, Ophidion Lea [R. N.] 1997:960, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22978] Southwest of Corinto, Nicaragua, 12°09'N, 87°32'W, depth 112 meters. Holotype: SIO 73-279 [not 73-297]. Paratypes: CAS 30872 (1); GCRL 13959 (3); LACM 9812-5 (7), 30757-1 (1); SIO 59-150 (1), 62-77 (32), 63-510 (1), 63-513 to 514 (9, 2), 63-518 (6), 63-526 (6), 63-983 (1), 65-165 to 167 (7, 6, 1), 70-160 to 161 (4, 1), 73-248 (2), 73-272 (2), 73-275 (4), 73-279 (9, with holotype), 79-11 (13), 91-98 (1); UCR 337-15 (3), 687-5 (1); UF 226022 (1), 226030 (1), 226038 (1), 226059 (2), 226074 (2), 226129 (1), 226137 (1), 226142 (1), 226236 (4); UP 587 (1), 679 (2). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:379 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Ophidion imitator Lea 1997 -- (Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24448], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:51 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:198 [ref. 28944], Page et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:83 [ref. 39279], Lea et al. 2023:95 [ref. 39909]). Current status: Valid as Ophidion imitator Lea 1997. Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama. Habitat: marine.