xanthurus, Seserinus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:384 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rio de Janeiro Bay, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4060 (1), A-5326 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1963:232 [ref. 21543]. •Synonym of Peprilus paru (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Haedrich 1967:106 [ref. 5357], Horn 1970:202 [ref. 7749]). •Valid as Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34358], Marceniuk et al. 2016:315 [ref. 34358], Marceniuk et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35324], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:448 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:262 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Stromateidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela south to Argentina. Habitat: marine.