multiocellatus, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Havana, Cuba. Lectotype: MNHN A-4591. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-4592 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669] but established earlier in ref. 6339. •Valid as Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Robins & Ray 1986:87 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669], Dennis & Bright 1988:3 [ref. 39782], Cervigón 1991:191 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:818 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:175 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:159 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Smith et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Wirtz et al. 2007:7, 26 [ref. 30263], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:29 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:122 [ref. 38139], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:131 [ref. 38284], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:675 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:85 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and eastern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island; eastern Atlantic: ?Gabon, São Tomé and Principe; Azores (Portugal) record needs verification. Habitat: marine.