caribbaeus, Saurida Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1927:14, Fig. 7 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] North of Glovers Reef, Belize, depth 48 fathoms. Holotype: YPM 57. Paratypes: BMNH 1934.5.7.1 [ex YPM 110] (1), YPM 110 (orig. 5, now 1, c&s); two dissected and presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:26 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Saurida caribbaea Breder 1927 -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:166 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:79 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:70 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:446 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:608 [ref. 23897], 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], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:63 [ref. 37485], Nión et al. 2016:37 [ref. 35565], Klautau et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37903], Carvalho-Filho 2023:75 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Saurida caribbaea Breder 1927. Synodontidae: Harpadontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.