maculatus, Rypticus Holbrook [J. E.] 1855:39, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Ichthyology of South Carolina; ref. 2184] Off Cape Romain, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ANSP 13232. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:112 [ref. 13621]. Also appeared in second edition, 1860:42, Pl. 6 (fig. 2). •Valid as Rypticus maculatus Holbrook 1855 -- (Courtenay 1967:271 [ref. 7882], Robins & Ray 1986:146 [ref. 23100], Retzer 1990:139 [ref. 39996], Bullock & Smith 1991:158 [ref. 36591], Boschung 1992:110 [ref. 23239], Guimarães 1999:350 [ref. 24429], Heemstra et al. 2003:1327 [ref. 27060], Nelson et al. 2004:129 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:177 [ref. 28815], Baldwin & Weigt 2012:34 [ref. 31864], Page et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32708], Parenti & Randall 2020:101 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Rypticus maculatus Holbrook 1855. Grammistidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida and eastern Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.