branickii, Pristipoma Steindachner [F.] 1879:33 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 20480] Tumbez, Peru. Syntypes: (several) NMW 55044 (1), Warschau Mus. (1). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:28, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [ref. 4228]. •Valid as Pomadasys branickii (Steindachner 1879) -- (Bussing 1993:245 [ref. 19564] as branicki, Allen & Robertson 1994:152 [ref. 22193] as branicki, McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1168 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:376 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:342 [ref. 24550] as branicki, Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:125 [ref. 37547], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Angulo et al. 2013:1002 [ref. 33194], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:394 [ref. 34894], Robertson et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35676], Parenti 2019:168 [ref. 37021], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:353 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). •Valid as Rhonciscus branickii (Steindachner 1879) -- (Tavera et al. 2018:215 [ref. 35783], Love et al. 2021:164 [ref. 39279], Tavera et al. 2022:13 [ref. 39330]). Current status: Valid as Rhonciscus branickii (Steindachner 1879). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.