viridis, Centropomus Lockington [W. N.] 1877:110 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 7 [for 1876]; ref. 17546] Río Mulege, Baja California, Mexico. Neotype: CAS-SU 10166. Original unique holotype from Ascunsion I., Baja California lost; neotype designated by Rivas 1986:596 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus viridis Lockington 1877 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:37 [ref. 39147], Rivas 1986:596 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:106 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:995 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:306 [ref. 24023], Bussing 1998:273 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:253 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:109 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:331 [ref. 28615], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Love et al. 2021:144 [ref. 39279], Martínez-Brown et al. 2021:328 [ref. 38091], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Angulo et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40676], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus viridis Lockington 1877. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.