bistrispinus, Bodianus Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:247 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 4) (art. 1); ref. 17774] Straits of Bahamas, Atlantic. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Originally as bis-trispinus, correction mandatory. •Valid as Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill 1818) -- (Courtenay 1967:263 [ref. 7882], Robins & Ray 1986:146 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:156 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:377 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:110 [ref. 23239], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221] as bitrispinus, Guimarães 1999:344 [ref. 24429], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:218 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Heemstra et al. 2003:1327 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:77 [ref. 27192] as bistrispinnus, Smith et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:129 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:176 [ref. 28815], Baldwin & Weigt 2012:34 [ref. 31864], Page et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:172 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:42 [ref. 33341], Parenti & Randall 2020:100 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:532 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:123 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill 1818). Grammistidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Brazil). Habitat: marine.