Species that contain: Hermosilla and azurea [ 2 ] records

azurea, Hermosilla Jenkins [O. P.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1889:144 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698); ref. 2342] Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 39629. Paratypes: ?CAS 79632 [ex IU 4028] (1). •Valid as Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann 1889 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:224 [ref. 9277], Allen & Robertson 1994:176 [ref. 22193], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1199 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:194 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:141 [ref. 25640], Sturm & Horn 2001:170 [ref. 25758], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:131 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:252 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:77 [ref. 37205]). •Valid as Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann 1889) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:8, 11 [ref. 33031], Knudsen & Clements 2016:259 [ref. 34458], Love et al. 2021:168 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:170 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Kyphosidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico) Habitat: marine.

robusta, Hermosilla Osburn [R. C.] & Nichols [J. T.] 1916:166, Fig. 11 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16); ref. 15062] Tiburon Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 87547 [ex AMNH 5210]. Paratypes: AMNH 11779 (1). •Probably a synonym of Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann 1889 -- (Thomson et al. 2000:141 [ref. 25640]). •Synonym of Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann 1889) -- (Knudsen & Clements 2013:11[ref. 33031]). Current status: Synonym of Kyphosus azureus (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Kyphosidae. Habitat: marine.