parallelus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:120, Pl. 13 (figs. 2, 3) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Neotype: MCZ 10307. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:189 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:601 •Valid as Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Lee et al. 1980:570 [ref. 22416], Rivas 1986:600 [ref. 5210], Robins & Ray 1986:129 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:310 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:297 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:143 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:267 [ref. 24179], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:256 [ref. 24550], Keith et al. 2000:80 [ref. 24547], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Orrell 2003:1290 [ref. 27053], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:101 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) to Central America and to Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.