focaliger, Menticirrhus Ginsburg [I.] 1952:97, Fig. 8 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 42 (no. 3); ref. 1805] St. Joseph Bay, near its entrance, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 144161. Paratypes: USNM 144162-63 (19, 5); FMNH 50102 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:56 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Chao 1978:31 [ref. 6983], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:373 [ref. 24550], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.