Pachyurus Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1831:125, 127 Masc. Pachyurus squamipennis Agassiz 1831. Type by monotypy. For authorship and date see Kottelat 1988:78 [ref. 13380]. Pachyurinae of Sasaki 1989 is invalid, preoccupied by Pachyurini Kuschel 1959 in cycad weevels Belidae Schoenherr 1826 Coleoptera. •Valid as Pachyurus Agassiz 1831 -- (Chao 1978:42 [ref. 6983], Britski et al. 1999:142 [ref. 24147], Casatti 2001:135 [ref. 25918], Casatti 2002:2 [ref. 25936], Casatti & Chao 2002:1 [ref. 26002], Casatti 2002:173 [ref. 26626], Chao 2003:1589 [ref. 27097], Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:600 [ref. 27061], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561], Parenti 2020:37 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Pachyurus Agassiz 1831. Sciaenidae.