Species that contain: Prionotus and gymnostethus [ 2 ] records

gymnostethus, Prionotus Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:559 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Pacific coast of Baja California, 23°33'N, 110°37'W, Albatross station 2830, depth 66 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM 46674. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 2458 (4), USNM 204924 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:124 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Miller & Richards 1991 [ref. 15980]. •Valid as Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert 1892) -- (Miller & Richards 1991:642 [ref. 15980], Miller & Richards 1991:761 [ref. 15981], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1993:88 [ref. 21807], Allen & Robertson 1994:102 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:86 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:1646 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:300 [ref. 24545], Richards & McCosker 1998:940 [ref. 23599], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:263 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:116 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:81 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2020:142 [ref. 37769], Love et al. 2021:113 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:375 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert 1892). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

paitensis, Prionotus Chirichigno F. [N.] 1962:22, Fig. 20 [Serie de Divulgación Cientifica, Servicio de Pesquería, Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima, No. 17; ref. 5841] Paita Bay, Peru. Holotype: MHNJP [= MUSM] P 1247. Paratypes: ?MHNJP [SP 39] (2). •Synonym of Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert 1892) -- (Miller & Richards 1991:642 [ref. 15980], Miller & Richards 1991:761 [ref. 15981]). Current status: Synonym of Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert 1892). Triglidae: Prionotinae. Habitat: marine.