intermedius, Paralepis Poey [F.] 1868:416 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Matanzas [Matanzas Province], northwestern Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 32931. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:176 [ref. 22926], Post 1972:141 [ref. 20860], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]. •Valid as Lestrolepis intermedia (Poey 1868) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:192 [ref. 14275], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:275 [ref. 5705], Post 1990:377 [ref. 15233], Boschung 1992:71 [ref. 23239], Shinohara et al. 1996:164 [ref. 26605], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:595 [ref. 23897], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:371 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:371 [ref. 26001], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27192] dated 1864, Moore et al. 2003:195 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Shinohara et al. 2005:409 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:205 [ref. 28379], Kim et al. 2007:63 [ref. 36292], Fricke et al. 2011:360 [ref. 31242], Ghedotti et al. 2014:312 [ref. 34482] in Lestidiidae, Russell 2016:1847 [ref. 34572], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195], Fricke et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35805], Ho & Golani 2019:578 [ref. 36800], Ho et al. 2019:138 [ref. 37154], Sutton et al. 2020:139 [ref. 37832], Eduardo et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:184 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lestrolepis intermedia (Poey 1868). Paralepididae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas. Habitat: marine.