leuciscus, Pristipoma Günther [A.] 1864:147 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] San José, Guatemala; Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.322 (1) San José, BMNH 1864.1.26.270-272 (3) Chiapam; ZMB 6318 (1). •Valid as Pomadasys leuciscus (Günther 1864) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:153 [ref. 22193], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:376 [ref. 24555], Miller 2006:350 [ref. 28615]). •Valid as Haemulopsis leuciscus (Günther 1864) -- (McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1160 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:185 [ref. 24545], Rosales-Casián & Ruiz-Campos 1999:135 [ref. 24460], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:344 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:124 [ref. 37547], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Angulo et al. 2013:1002 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2013:450 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:149 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:394 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], Parenti 2019:163 [ref. 37021], Love et al. 2021:163 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:74 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:275 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:207 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:352 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Haemulopsis leuciscus (Günther 1864). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.