maculatum, Ophidium Tschudi [J. J. von] 1846:29, Pl. 5 [Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana; ref. 4469] Coast between Callao and Huacho, Peru. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2336. Type catalog: Kottelat 1987:52 [ref. 25858]. Objectively invalid, preoccupied by Ophidium maculatum Rafinesque 1810. •Treated as valid [while a petition is pending] as Genypterus maculatus (Tschudi 1846) -- (Pequeño 1989:48 [ref. 14125], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:224 [ref. 24555], Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:29, 33 [ref. 24448], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Genypterus maculatus (Tschudi 1846). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.