armatus, Centropomus Gill [T. N.] 1863:163 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 4967. Type catalog: Smith 2018:76 [ref. 36061]. •Valid as Centropomus armatus Gill 1863 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:41 [ref. 37559], Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Villa 1982:161 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:606 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:104 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:990 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:257 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:327 [ref. 28615], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Angulo et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:273 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus armatus Gill 1863. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Ecuador. Habitat: brackish, marine.