occidentalis, Myriopristis Gill [T. N.] 1863:87 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 6269. Paralectotypes: USNM 6348 (29), 6350 (37), 6352-53 (7, 51), 198176 (12). Lectotype regarded as designated by Greenfield 1965:235 [ref. 21267] but with other types as paratypes. Original genus should have been Myripristis. •Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Greenfield 1965:234 [ref. 21267], Mundy 2005:307 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Myripristis leiognathus Valenciennes 1846. Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.