variegatus, Cyprinodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:486, 487, Pl. 15 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Carolinas, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède 1803 , subspecies variegatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Lazara 2001:93 [ref. 25711], Scharpf 2007:33 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:108 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Herrera 1896:31 [ref. 39336], Lee et al. 1980:504 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:411 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:108 [ref. 23100], Smith 1989:6 [ref. 20182], Page & Burr 1991:226 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:85 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:306 [ref. 23827], Gamboa Pérez 1992:312 [ref. 38704], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:34 [ref. 22290], Murdy et al. 1997:122 [ref. 23144], Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas 1999:382 [ref. 23796], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:895 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:224 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:330 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:373 [ref. 25978], Wiley & Ghedotti 2003:1160 [ref. 27020], Nelson et al. 2004:109 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:415 [ref. 27995], Miller 2006:310 [ref. 28615], Page & Burr 2011:454 [ref. 31215], Martin & Wainwright 2013:232 [ref. 32978], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Lozano-Vilano & De la Maza-Benignos 2016:28 [ref. 35401], Esmaeili et al. 2018:16 [ref. 36738], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:222 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:319 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:143 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède 1803. Cyprinodontidae: Cyprinodontinae. Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) to northeastern Mexico; also Antilles. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.