princeps, Latilus Jenyns [L.] 1840:52, Pl. 11 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1917.7.25.8 (left half skin on wood). •Valid as Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns 1840) -- (Dooley 1978:27 [ref. 5499], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:202 [ref. 9277], Pequeño 1989:60 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:145 [ref. 14674], Allen & Robertson 1994:124 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1270 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:222 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:351 [ref. 24023], Elorduy-Garay & Ruiz-Cordova 1998:259 [ref. 23494], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:336 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:114 [ref. 25640], Walker et al. 2002:139 [ref. 26937], Nelson et al. 2004:139 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:114 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32708], Lea & Feeney 2013: [1] [ref. 32940], Fourriére et al. 2016:445 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:230 [ref. 35888], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36248], Burton & Lea 2019:75 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:151 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:342 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns 1840). Latilidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: British Columbia (Canada) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.