ophicephala, Umbrina Jenyns [L.] 1840:45 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Coquimbo, Chile. Syntypes: (2). •Valid as Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns 1840) -- (Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1474 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:307 [ref. 24555], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. 2020:327 [ref. 37705]). Current status: Valid as Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns 1840). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Peru to Chile. Habitat: marine.