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Species in the genus Xenichthys: [ 4 ] records

agassizii, Xenichthys Steindachner [F.] 1875:34 [6] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.); ref. 4223] Galápagos Islands. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1890.2.25.8 (1); MCZ uncat. (3), 10430 (2); ?USNM 153612 [ex MCZ 17352] (1); NMW 75896 (2), 78065 (2). On p. 6 of separate. •Valid as Xenichthys agassizii Steindachner 1875 (sometimes dated to 1876) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:154 [ref. 22193] as agassizi, Grove & Lavenberg 1997:409 [ref. 24023] as agassizi, McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957] as agassizi, Tavera et al. 2018:221 [ref. 35783], Parenti 2019:174 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Valid as Xenichthys agassizii Steindachner 1875. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands endemic. Habitat: marine.

rupestris, Xenichthys Hildebrand [S. F.] 1946:233, Fig. 50 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 189; ref. 2161] Lobos de Afuera Bay, Peru. Holotype: USNM 127998. Paratypes: Gov't of Peru [ex USNM 127999] (1), USNM 127999 (now 8). Non-types: USNM 77560 (2) referred with question. •Valid as Xenichthys rupestris Hildebrand 1946 -- (Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:371 [ref. 24555], Parenti 2019:174 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Valid as Xenichthys rupestris Hildebrand 1946. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Ecuador and Peru. Habitat: marine.

xanti, Xenichthys Gill [T. N.] 1863:83 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: ?MCZ 36016 [ex USNM] (2), USNM 5086 (12). •Valid as Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:44 [ref. 39147], Allen & Robertson 1994:154 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:120 [ref. 23101], McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1172 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:410 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:371 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:123 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:125 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:393 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2019:174 [ref. 37021], Love et al. 2021:164 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:207 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:359 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

xenops, Xenichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:325 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 1 (for 1881); ref. 2471] Panama Bay, eastern pacific. Syntypes: USNM 29173 (18, now 8), 29513 (numerous, not found in 1980). •Synonym of Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863 -- (McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1172 [ref. 22829], Parenti 2019:174 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Synonym of Xenichthys xanti Gill 1863. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Habitat: marine.