cyanellus, Mugilops Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:271, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Balboa, Panama Bay, Panama (Pacific). Holotype: USNM 81748. Paratypes: FMNH 8551-52 (1, 1); USNM 79720-21 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Mugilops cyanellus Meek & Hildebrand 1923 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:91 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Melanorhinus cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand 1923) -- (Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:901 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:272 [ref. 24023], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:520 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708], Grove et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:139 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Melanorhinus cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand 1923). Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: western Mexico south to Panama, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.
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