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Species related to Menticirrhus paitensis: [ 1 ] record

paitensis, Menticirrhus Hildebrand [S. F.] 1946:263, Fig. 57 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 189; ref. 2161] South shore of Paita Bay, Peru. Holotype (unique): USNM 128004. •Valid as Menticirrhus paitensis Hildebrand 1946 -- (Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1475 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:308 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:152 [ref. 32708], González-Murcia et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. 2020:327 [ref. 37705], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:397 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Menticirrhus paitensis Hildebrand 1946. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California (Mexico) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.