lanceolatus, Homoprion Holbrook [J. E.] 1855:168, Pl. 23 (fig. 1) [Ichthyology of South Carolina; ref. 2184] Very deep water, South Carolina, U.S.A. No types known. Also appeared in second edition, 1860:167, Pl. 24 (fig. 1). •Valid as Stellifer lanceolatus (Holbrook 1855) -- (Chao 1978:41 [ref. 6983], Robins & Ray 1986:185 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:147 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:205 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:377 [ref. 24550], Chao 2003:1642 [ref. 27097], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:445 [ref. 28815], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Parenti 2020:52 [ref. 37439], Chao et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38395]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer lanceolatus (Holbrook 1855). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia south to northern Florida (U.S.A.); northern Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.