rathbuni, Pontinus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:255, Pl. 68 (fig. 245) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A., 35°39'N, 74°52'W, Albatross station 2298, depth 80 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 39325. •Valid as Pontinus rathbuni Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Eschmeyer 1969:32 [ref. 1274], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:432 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:273 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:97 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:421 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:584 [ref. 16204], Acero P. & Navas S. 1997:63 [ref. 26475], Poss & Eschmeyer 2003:1249 [ref. 27048], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:36 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:37 [ref. 33341], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:131 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:11 [ref. 34324], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Moral-Flores et al. 2021:264 [ref. 39286], Carvalho-Filho 2023:108 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Pontinus rathbuni Goode & Bean 1896. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) south to northeastern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, postlarvae straying north to Newfoundland (Canada). Habitat: marine.