rostrum, Diplectrum Bortone [S. A.] 1974:61, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 1974 (no. 1); ref. 7491] Eastern Pacific off Ecuador, 3°39'S, 80°41'W, depth 22 meters. Holotype: USNM 208196. Paratypes: CAS 15295-96 (1, 1); LACM W64-64 (4); SIO 64-867 (1), 65-160 (6, c&s), 65-257 (1), 65-285 (1), 65-304 (1), 65-349 (2), 70-62 (1); USNM 208197-99 (4, 1, 1). •Valid as Diplectrum rostrum Bortone 1974 -- (Bortone 1977:30 [ref. 7064], Allen & Robertson 1994:108 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:90 [ref. 23101], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1588 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:281 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:362 [ref. 24555], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:336 [ref. 24023], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:162 [ref. 25813], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:110 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Parenti & Randall 2020:116 [ref. 37354], Love et al. 2021:148 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:313 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum rostrum Bortone 1974. Serranidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.