occidentalis, Prognichthys Parin [N. V.] 1999:297, Fig. 3 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 24867] Gulf of Mexico, 22°30"N, 91°24'W. Holotype: ZIN 51829. Paratypes: USNM 159040 (1), 185863 (1), 185882 (1), 198441 [not 196441] (1), 200849 (2), 299603 (1); ZIN 51830-31 (8, 1); ZMMU P-20468-69 (1, 1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:73 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Prognichthys occidentalis Parin 1999 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:174 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:102 [ref. 26784], Parin 2003:1134 [ref. 27018], Nelson et al. 2004:100 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:73 [ref. 31601], Page et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2019:228 [ref. 37342], Carvalho-Filho 2023:89 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Prognichthys occidentalis Parin 1999. Exocoetidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Argentina. Habitat: marine.