lineatus, Smaris Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821:185, Pl. 46 (fig. 2) [Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland v. 2 (Title page 1833); ref. 5612] "Lake Acapulco", Pacific coast of Mexico. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at MNHN or BMNH. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:31 [ref. 15502]. See González-Acosta et al. 2005:669 [ref. 28660] for remarks on the type locality. •Valid as Gerres lineatus (Humboldt 1821) -- (Herrera 1896:56 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Diapterus lineatus (Humboldt 1821) -- (Miller 2006:345 [ref. 28615]). •Valid as Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt 1821) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:114 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:1126 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:148 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:399 [ref. 24023], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:327 [ref. 24550], Nico 2001:148 [ref. 25828], Nelson et al. 2004:144 [ref. 27807], González-Acosta et al. 2005:669 [ref. 28660], Love et al. 2005:123 [ref. 37547], Ortíz-Galindo et al. 2008:1 [ref. 29888], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:148 [ref. 32708], González-Acosta & Rodiles-Hernández 2013:308 [ref. 32753], Vergara-Solana et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33272], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], Love et al. 2021:161 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Angulo et al. 2023:73 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:173 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt 1821). Gerreidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). ICZN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.