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SU 12331 Sphyraena idiastes Heller [E.] & Snodgrass [R. E.], 1903 Holotype  [Collection database record]
idiastes, Sphyraena Heller [E.] & Snodgrass [R. E.] 1903:190, Pl. 2 [Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 5; ref. 2089] Seymour Island, Galápagos Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 12331. Paratypes: CAS-SU 12321 (1, not found). Non-types: a small specimen doubtfully included. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:64 [ref. 12291]. Appeared first without distinguishing features in Jenkins 1901:388 [ref. 2340] and attributed to Snodgrass & Heller. •Valid as Sphyraena idiastes Heller & Snodgrass 1903 -- (de Sylva 1975:87 [ref. 6302], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125] as idiasthes, Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1621 [ref. 22830], Franke & Acero P. 1996:768 [ref. 22923], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:571 [ref. 24023], McCosker et al. 1997:25 [ref. 22816], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:193 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Béarez 2008:95 [ref. 30486], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Love et al. 2021:209 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:222 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena idiastes Heller & Snodgrass 1903. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.
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