ensis, Sphyraena Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:106, footnote [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 2 (for 1882); ref. 18357] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 28210, 28297, 28373, 29223, 29536, 29611. Based on the description of Sphyraena forsteri (non Cuvier 1829) of Steindachner 1878:380 [4] [ref. 4226], from Cape St. Lucas (Baja California Sur, Mexico) to Panama. •Valid as Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:29 [ref. 39147], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:195 [ref. 22193], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1620 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:193 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:460 [ref. 24550], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:124 [ref. 25206], Shane 2001:160 [ref. 25756], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:165 [ref. 37547], Béarez 2008:95 [ref. 30486], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:310 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36544], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Love et al. 2021:209 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:221 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to northern Chile, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Malpelo Island (Colombia). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.