petersii, Sicyases Garman [S.] 1875:203 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 18 (for 1875-1876); ref. 18101] San Jose, S. Miguel, Saboga; western coast South America. Syntypes: (16) MCZ 12926 (14, now 11) Pearl Is., USNM 120435 [ex MCZ 12926] (3). The spelling petersii is correct. •Valid as Tomicodon petersi (Garman 1875) -- (Briggs 1955:62 [ref. 637], Szelistowski 1990:504 [ref. 20183], Allen & Robertson 1994:88 [ref. 22193], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:154 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:241 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:153 [ref. 24555], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957]). •Valid as Tomicodon petersii (Garman 1875) -- (Nelson et al. 2004:168 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:449 [ref. 34668], Love et al. 2021:203 [ref. 39279], Torres-Hernández et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38667]). Current status: Valid as Tomicodon petersii (Garman 1875). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Colima (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.