bleekeriana, Pellona Poey [F.] 1867:242 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 14078] Matanzas, Cuba. Syntypes: (2) MCZ 17845 (7), ?USNM 120426 [ex MCZ 17845] (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:171 [ref. 22926], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35195]. •Valid as Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey 1867) -- (Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:90 [ref. 14275], Whitehead 1985:286 [ref. 5141], Cervigón 1991:94 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:388 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:582 [ref. 16204], Planquette et al. 1996:82 [ref. 22818], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:40 [ref. 27192], Munroe 2003:799 [ref. 26996], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35195], Spier et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:131 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:65 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Fricke et al. 2024:146 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey 1867). Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.