Species that contain: Exerpes and asper and asper [ 3 ] records

asper, Auchenopterus Jenkins [O. P.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1889:154 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698); ref. 2342] Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 39643. Paratypes: (5) CAS 79641 [ex IU 7769] (1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:16 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Exerpes asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1889) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:227 [ref. 22193], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:1014 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:202 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:216 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:162 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:154 [ref. 37547], Patzner et al. 2009:462 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:10 [ref. 31156], Page et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Paraclinus asper (Jenkins and Evermann 1889) -- (Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Love et al. 2021:198 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:154 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paraclinus asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Labrisomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central to southern Baja California (Mexico), and Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

earli, Exerpes asper Hubbs [Clark L.] 1952:94, Fig. 29 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 2252] Three-fourth mile southeast of Cape Tortolo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 27°39'59.9400"N, 114°52'14.4588"W, eastern Pacific Ocean. Holotype: CAS-SU 16239. Paratypes: (90) AMNH 48697 (6); CAS 20499 (2); FMNH 51434 (5); NYZS 28822 (?); TNHC 420 (?); CAS-SU 16240-41 (45, 4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:96 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:36 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Exerpes asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1889) -- (Hastings & Springer 2009:10 [ref. 31156]). •Synonym of Paraclinus asper (Hubbs 1952). Current status: Synonym of Paraclinus asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Labrisomidae. Habitat: marine.

magdalenensis, Exerpes asper Hubbs [Clark L.] 1952:93 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 2252] Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 16237. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16238 (12). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:96 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Paraclinus asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1899). Current status: Synonym of Paraclinus asper (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Labrisomidae. Habitat: marine.