mexicanus, Centropomus Bocourt [F.] 1868:90 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Oaxaca, Mexico [should be Veracruz, Mexico]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1086. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. See Rivas 1986:603 [ref. 5210] for comments on locality. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). •Valid as Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:602 [ref. 5210], Cervigón 1991:310 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:296 [ref. 23827], Keith et al. 2000:78 [ref. 24547], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:260 [ref. 24550], Orrell 2003:1289 [ref. 27053], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:100 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Seyoum et al. 2022:474 [ref. 40439], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.), Mexico, the Caribbean Sea to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Habitat: brackish, marine.