Atractoscion Gill [T. N.] 1862:18 Masc. Otolithus aequidens Cuvier 1830. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Otolithes. •Valid as Atractoscion Gill 1862 -- (Trewavas 1977:282 [ref. 4459], Heemstra 1986:617 [ref. 5660], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:357 [ref. 24550], Sasaki 2001:3119 [ref. 26108], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:656 [ref. 25968], Chao 2002:7 [ref. 26250], Bray et al. 2006:1258 [ref. 29091], Pietsch & Orr 2015:55 [ref. 34694], Song et al. 2017:223 [ref. 35529], Parenti 2020:6 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Atractoscion Gill 1862. Sciaenidae.