crossotus, Dactyloscopus Starks [E. C.] 1913:70, Pl. 12 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series; ref. 4197] Sandy tidepools at Natal, Brazil. Holotype: CAS-SU 22227. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22522 (7). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:90 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks 1913 -- (Dawson 1982:23 [ref. 1072], Robins & Ray 1986:218 [ref. 23100], Williams 2003:1752 [ref. 27109], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:94 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:162 [ref. 27807], Patzner et al. 2009:471 [ref. 30396], Page et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:66 [ref. 33341], Carvalho-Filho 2023:222 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks 1913. Dactyloscopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including southeastern Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.