Species that contain: Etropus and microstomus [ 2 ] records

micros, Citharichthys Fowler [H. W.] 1911:200, Figs. [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 63; ref. 14787] Corson's Inlet, Cape May County, New Jersey, U.S.A. Holotype: ANSP 37841. Paratypes: ANSP 37842-50 (9). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:31 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Etropus microstomus (Gill 1864) -- (Leslie & Stewart 1986:149 [ref. 5948]). Current status: Synonym of Etropus microstomus (Gill 1864). Cyclopsettidae. Habitat: marine.

microstomus, Citharichthys Gill [T. N.] 1864:220 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 1704] New Jersey to North Carolina, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Etropus microstomus (Gill 1864) -- (Gutherz 1967:28 [ref. 23862], Smith 1986:454 [ref. 22186], Leslie & Stewart 1986:140 [ref. 5948], Robins & Ray 1986:292 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:537 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:220 [ref. 14674], Murdy et al. 1997:279 [ref. 23144], Evseenko 1998:58 [ref. 23643], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:552 [ref. 26158], Munroe 2003:1906 [ref. 27118], Nelson et al. 2004:180 [ref. 27807], van der Heiden & Plascencia González 2005:470 [ref. 28311], Victor & Wellington 2013:27 [ref. 32520], Page et al. 2013:185 [ref. 32708], Vega-Cendejas et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39414], Page et al. 2023:131 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etropus microstomus (Gill 1864). Cyclopsettidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to southern Florida (U.S.A.), including northern Gulf of Mexico (Mexico, U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.