elongata, Pristipoma leuciscus var. Steindachner [F.] 1879:52, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 41; ref. 4228] Tumbez, Peru. No types known. Species illustrated and named as above in figure caption page only; described as Pristopoma leuciscus in text without "var." designation; not included in earlier abstract [ref. 20480]. •Valid as Pomadasys elongatus (Steindachner 1879) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:152 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Haemulopsis elongatus (Steindachner 1879) -- (De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:184 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:346 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:124 [ref. 37547], McMahan et al. 2013:450 [ref. 32422], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:149 [ref. 32708], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:163 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:351 [ref. 40816]). •Valid as Haemulopsis elongata (Steindachner 1879) -- (Parenti 2019:163 [ref. 37021], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499] as Haemulopsis elongatus). Current status: Valid as Haemulopsis elongata (Steindachner 1879). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico); straying to southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.