Chriolepis Gilbert, 1892

Genus Chriolepis Gilbert, 1892 View in CoL

Te genus Chriolepis currently comprises 10 recognized species ( Fricke et al., 2023), thereof 8 in the East Pacific and 2 in the West Atlantic. Otoliths are known from two East Pacific species— C. semisquamata ( Fig. 33a–b View Fig ) and C. zebra ( Fig. 33c View Fig ). Otoliths are not known from any of the 4 species of the related genus Pinnichthys and only one species of 7 of the genus Psilotris , P. laurae ( Fig. 33d View Fig ). Species of Chriolepis are mostly taken from sand and rubble bottoms in shallow water, but some species like C. fisheri Herre, 1942 or C. vespa Hastings & Bortone, 1981 are caught at depths down to about 200 m ( Froese & Pauly, 2023). Te same is true for some species of Pinnichthys and Psilotris caught at depths of 70 to 150 m ( Tornabene et al., 2016), e.g., Psilotris laurae .