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Species in the genus Arcos: [ 6 ] records

decoris, Arcos Briggs [J. C.] 1969:774, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1969 (no. 4); ref. 7803] Rey Island, Perlas Islands, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: MCZ 45993. Paratypes: MCZ 44870 (21), UMML Argosy coll. 13 (28) [were to be deposited in: ANSP, BMNH, CAS-SU (not found), and USNM]. USNM 369250 [ex UMML] (9). Types apparently not distributed as stated. •Valid as Arcos decoris Briggs 1969 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:85 [ref. 22193], Béarez et al. 2008:478 [ref. 32869]). Current status: Valid as Arcos decoris Briggs 1969. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

erythrops, Gobiesox Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:360 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico, in rock pool. Syntypes: USNM 29248 (orig. 2, now 1). Additional specimens: (1). •Valid as Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Briggs 1955:84 [ref. 637], Allen & Robertson 1994:85 [ref. 22193], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:150 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:266 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:159 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34871], Love et al. 2021:201 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) and Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

paradiseus, Gobiesox Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:432 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Eden Island, Galápagos Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17404. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24422 (1), USNM 121986 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:146 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:41 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Arcos poecilophthalmus [sic] (Jenyns 1842) -- (Briggs 1955:86 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns 1842). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.

poecilophthalmos, Gobiesox Jenyns [L.] 1842:141, Pl. 27 (figs. 2, 2a, 2b) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1917.7.14.70. •Valid as Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns 1842) -- (Briggs 1955:86 [ref. 637], Allen & Robertson 1994:86 [ref. 22193] as poecilophthalmus, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:241 [ref. 24023] as poecilophthalmus, McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957] as poecilophthalmus). Current status: Valid as Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns 1842). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands and Cocos Island. Habitat: marine.

rhodospilus, Gobiesox Günther [A.] 1864:25 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Jan. 1864); ref. 5752] Pacific coast of Panama. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.16.58-59 (2). Also appeared in Günther 1864:229 [ref. 1976]. •Valid as Arcos rhodospilus (Günther 1864) -- (Briggs 1955:83 [ref. 637], Allen & Robertson 1994:86 [ref. 22193], González-Murcia et al. 2019:295 [ref. 36544]). Current status: Valid as Arcos rhodospilus (Günther 1864). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

superoculus, Arcos Briggs [J. C.] 1951:96, Figs. 21-23 [Proceedings of the California Zoological Club v. 1 (no. 11); ref. 9770] Cleopha Island, Tres Marias Islands, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 16394. Paratypes: ANSP 91022 [ex CAS-SU 16395] (1); CAS-SU 16395 (orig. 3, now 1), 16396 (1); USNM 112756 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:145 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Briggs 1955:84 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.