poeyi, Centropomus Chávez [H.] 1961:75, Fig. 1 [Ciencia (Mexico City) v. 21 (no. 2); ref. 9305] Laguna de Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico. Neotype: USNM 196622. Paratypes: (27) BMNH 1962.2.27.1-2 (2); EBMTV 236 (7, lost), 237 (4, lost), 238 (2, lost), 239 (2, lost); IPN (2); MNHN 1962-0318 (2); UMMZ 179166 (2); USNM 267257 (1); ZMB 27644 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. Original holotype and 15 Instituto Technologico del Mar paratypes lost (Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210]). Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus poeyi Chávez 1961 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:258 [ref. 24550], Orrell 2003:1292 [ref. 27053], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:103 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:329 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:327 [ref. 38206], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus poeyi Chávez 1961. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Tamaulipas to Campeche (Mexico), Belize, Cuba, southern Gulf of Mexico. IUCN (2019): LC. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.