chrysargyreum, Haemulon Günther [A.] 1859:314 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] West Indies; Trinidad Island. Syntypes: BMNH 1842.12.13.13 (right half skin), 1859.3.13.21 (1) Trinidad I. Also listed was Plate XVI. fig. B, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." Nomen protectum according to Parenti 2019:15 [ref. 37021]. •Valid as Haemulon chrysargyreum Günther 1859 -- (Courtenay 1961:121 [ref. 21095], Robins & Ray 1986:179 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:333 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:197 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Rocha & Rosa 1999:448 [ref. 23802], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:161 [ref. 27754], Lindeman & Toxey 2003:1538 [ref. 27094], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:84 [ref. 27192] dated 1858, Smith et al. 2003:34 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:144 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:372 [ref. 28815], Rocha et al. 2008:921 [ref. 29817], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:149 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:54 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:70 [ref. 39585], Silva et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41512]). •Valid as Brachygenys chrysargyreum (Günther 1859) -- (Tavera et al. 2018:220 [ref. 35783], Parenti 2019:155 [ref. 37021], Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:80 [ref. 38844]). •Valid as Brachygenys chrysargyrea (Günther 1859) -- (Carvalho-Filho 2023:166 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:206 [ref. 40505]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Brachygenys chrysargyrea (Günther 1859). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Trinidad and Tobago, including southern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) and Rocas Atoll (Brazil). IUCN (2017): Least Concern (as Haemulon chrysargyreum). Habitat: marine.