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Species in the genus Acyrtops: [ 3 ] records

amplicirrus, Acyrtops Briggs [J. C.] 1955:74, Fig. 94 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 6; ref. 637] Near Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. [Not St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies]. Holotype: ZMUC P9079. Paratypes: CAS-SU 18101 (2), ZMUC P9080-90 (11). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:85 [ref. 9588]. Corrected type locality is from ZMUC records, courtesy of Tammes Menne through W. Smith-Vaniz, 1 Apr. 2011. •Valid as Acyrtops amplicirrus Briggs 1955 -- (Cervigón 1991:202 [ref. 24472], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:335 [ref. 28991], Briggs 2002:443 [ref. 26018], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:72 [ref. 33341]). Current status: Valid as Acyrtops amplicirrus Briggs 1955. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

beryllinus, Gobiesox (Rimicola) Hildebrand [S. F.] & Ginsburg [I.] 1927:213, Fig. 5 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 42 (Doc. 1013); ref. 15789] Boca Chica, Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 87533. •Valid as Acyrtops beryllinus (Hildebrand & Ginsburg 1927) -- (Briggs 1955:74 [ref. 637], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:34 [ref. 28911], Robins & Ray 1986:85 [ref. 23100], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:101 [ref. 26784], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:96 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:643 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32708], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:76 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:87 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Acyrtops beryllinus (Hildebrand & Ginsburg 1927). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to southeastern Brazil, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

brevis, Rimicola Briggs [J. C.] 1969:775, Fig. 2 [Copeia 1969 (no. 4); ref. 7803] Cauro Point, Boca del Drago near Boca del Toro, Panama. Holotype: MCZ 45995. Paratypes: GCRL 2030 (2), MCZ 44845 (1). [One of the paratypes was to be deposited at USNM.] •Valid as Rimicola brevis Briggs 1969 -- (McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089]). •Synonym of Acyrtops amplicirrus Briggs 1955 -- (Briggs 2002:443 [ref. 26018]). Current status: Synonym of Acyrtops amplicirrus Briggs 1955. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.