Sphyraenops Gill [T. N.] in Poey 1861:349 Masc. Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey 1861. Type by monotypy. Date often seen as 1860. •Valid as Sphyraenops Gill 1861 -- (Suda & Tominaga 1983:291 [ref. 5795], Johnson 1984:469 [ref. 9681], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442] in Percichthyidae, Gon 1999:2612 [ref. 24835], Gon 2003:1393 [ref. 27085], Hoese et al. 2006:1115 [ref. 29082]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraenops Gill 1861. Epigonidae.