dichrostomus, Opsanus Collette [B. B.] 2001:3, Figs. 1, 2a [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 731; ref. 25398] Belize City near island across from Fisheries Laboratory, Belize, depth 1-3 meters. Holotype: USNM 361063. Paratypes: ANSP 100481 (1); FMNH 72-31 (1), 80-57 (1), 80-58 (10); IPN P4033 (1); MCZ 157324 (1); MPM 30780 (1); UF 13365 (1); UMMZ 102169 (1), 184702 (1); USNM 192217-18 (1, 1), 361064-65 (3, 2). •Valid as Opsanus dichrostomus Collette 2001 -- (Collette 2003:1037 [ref. 26981], Smith et al. 2003:12 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:18 [ref. 28815], Greenfield et al. 2008:676 [ref. 30046], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774], Page et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Opsanus dichrostomus Collette 2001. Batrachoididae: Batrachoidinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Caribbean Sea (Mexico; Belize). IUCN (2015): Least concern. Habitat: marine.