Species that contain: Pontinus and spilistius [ 1 ] records

spilistius, Pontinus Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:633, Fig. 247 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Off north coast of Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4077, depth 99-106 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51644. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8638 (1), USNM 51663 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:121 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882) -- (Eschmeyer & Randall 1975:294 [ref. 6389], Eschmeyer 1983:1 [ref. 8231], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:82 [ref. 15964], Mundy 2005:327 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:173 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage 1882). Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Habitat: marine.