poeyi, Synodus Jordan [D. S.] 1887:526 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 9 (no. 593); ref. 2387] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN 1887-0383 (1) Havana. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:7 [ref. 19576], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]. Based on Synodus intermedius of Poey 1875:143 [ref. 3509] and of Meek 1884:133 [ref. 10929] (not of Spix). •Valid as Synodus poeyi Jordan 1887 -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:162 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:80 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:150 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:71 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:447 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:612 [ref. 23897], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Russell 2003:929 [ref. 27004], Nelson et al. 2004:88 [ref. 27807], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2010:33 [ref. 30983], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:65 [ref. 37485], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195], Caires in Marceniuk et al. 2021:181 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:76 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:92 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Synodus poeyi Jordan 1887. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Bahia (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.