pachylepis, Atherinichthys Günther [A.] 1864:25 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 26 Jan. 1864); ref. 5752] Pacific coast of Panama. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.16.39-40 (2). Also appeared in Günther 1864:229 [ref. 1976]. •Valid as Melaniris pachylepis (Günther 1864) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:91 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Atherinella pachylepis (Günther 1864) -- (Chernoff 1986:111 [ref. 5848], Chernoff 1986:243 [ref. 5847], Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:896 [ref. 22829], Bussing 1998:238 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:195 [ref. 24555], Dyer 2000:104 [ref. 26677], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:517 [ref. 27061], Matamoros et al. 2009:12 [ref. 31241], McMahan et al. 2013:446 [ref. 32422], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:401 [ref. 34894]). Current status: Valid as Atherinella pachylepis (Günther 1864). Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to Peru. Habitat: brackish, marine.