promelas, Chirostoma Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:136, Fig. 14 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Market at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (said to come from Laguna de Chapala). Holotype: CAS-SU 6156. Paratypes: USNM 61274 [?ex CAS-SU 6161] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:66 [ref. 12291]. Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138] synonymized Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899 and C. promelas Jordan & Snyder 1899, and gave peference to chapalae. •Valid as Chirostoma promelas Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:61 [ref. 22290], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:519 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2007:8 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Menidia promelas (Jordan & Snyder 1899) -- (Miller 2006:200 [ref. 28615]). •Synonym of Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138]). Current status: Synonym of Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Habitat: freshwater.