Species that contain: Citharichthys and arctifrons [ 2 ] records

arctifrons, Citharichthys Goode [G. B.] 1880:341 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 165); ref. 1834] 40°05'39"N, 70°23'52"W, Fish Hawk station 872, depth 86 fathoms. Syntypes: (many) USNM 25908 (2). Description based mostly on 137-mm specimen in USNM 25908; stations given as 871 and 872 on p. 337, sta. 870 and 871 on p. 341. •Valid as Citharichthys arctifrons Goode 1880 -- (Gutherz 1967:31 [ref. 23862], Smith 1986:454 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:291 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:534 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:219 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:173 [ref. 23239], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:488 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:170 [ref. 27754], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:551 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:231 [ref. 27076], Munroe 2003:1914 [ref. 27118], Hoshino & Munroe 2004:583 [ref. 27908], Nelson et al. 2004:179 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:840 [ref. 28815], Victor & Wellington 2013:27 [ref. 32520], Page et al. 2013:184 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Page et al. 2023:131 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Citharichthys arctifrons Goode 1880. Cyclopsettidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: eastern U.S.A. and Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.

macrops, Neoetropus Hildebrand [S. F.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1928:174, Fig. 89 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 43 (1927, pt 1); ref. 2163] Off Smiths Point, somewhat below mouth of Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, U.S.A., Fish Hawk, depth 25 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 87653. Preoccupied by Citharichthys macrops Dresel 1885 when both species are classified in genus Citharichthys. The type locality information is questioned by Hoshino & Munroe 2004:588 [ref. 27908]. •Apparently a valid species of Citharichthys or Etropus, but no current status reference is available -- (S. A. Evseenko, pers. comm., 5/03). •Synonym of Citharichthys arctifrons Goode 1880 -- (Hoshino & Munroe 2004:583 [ref. 27908]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Citharichthys arctifrons Goode 1880. Cyclopsettidae. Habitat: marine.