medius, Stromateus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1869:707 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869; ref. 14098] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): ZMB 7073. •Valid as Peprilus medius or possibly a synonym of Peprilus simillimus (Ayres 1860) -- (Haedrich 1967:107 [ref. 5357]). •Valid as Stromateus medius Peters 1869 -- (Horn 1970:175 [ref. 7749], Allen & Robertson 1994:285 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Peprilus medius (Peters 1869) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:116 [ref. 23101], Haedrich & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1623 [ref. 22830], Sielfeld et al. 1995:25 [ref. 22707], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:598 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:141 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:178 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:183 [ref. 32708], Marceniuk et al. 2016:314 [ref. 34358], Robertson et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35676], González-Murcia et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:215 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:272 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Peprilus medius (Peters 1869). Stromateidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern Baja California (Mexico) south to Chile, including Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine.