xanti, Xenichthys Gill [T. N.] 1863:83 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: ?MCZ 36016 [ex USNM] (2), USNM 5086 (12). •Valid as Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:44 [ref. 39147], Allen & Robertson 1994:154 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:120 [ref. 23101], McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1172 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:410 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:371 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:123 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:125 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:393 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2019:174 [ref. 37021], Love et al. 2021:164 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:359 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.