brasiliensis, Saurida Norman [J. R.] 1935:125, Fig. 14 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1935 (pt 1); ref. 13913] Cape Frio, Brazil, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype: BMNH 1913.12.4.222. Paratypes: ZMA 113538 (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:12-13 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Saurida brasiliensis Norman 1935 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:79 [ref. 23100], Sulak 1990:366 [ref. 15106], Cervigón 1991:153 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:70 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:446 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:607 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Figueiredo & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:49 [ref. 27192], Russell 2003:927 [ref. 27004], Nelson et al. 2004:87 [ref. 27807], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:37 [ref. 30983], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Russell 2016:1827 [ref. 34572], Nión et al. 2016:37 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36103], Reiner 2019:99 [ref. 38139], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:177 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:75 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Saurida brasiliensis Norman 1935. Synodontidae: Harpadontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.