ramosum, Pristipoma Poey [F.] 1860:186 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. No types known. P. ramosus differs from what is called P. crocro in Brazil (pers. comm. A. Carvalho, 10/10/2003). •Synonym of Pomadasys crocro (Cuvier 1830) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:340 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Pomadasys ramosus (Poey 1860) -- (Bussing 1998:292 [ref. 24179], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:85 [ref. 27192], Miller 2006:350 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Parenti 2019:171 [ref. 37021], Carvalho-Filho 2023:168 [ref. 40480] as aff. ramosus). Current status: Valid as Pomadasys ramosus (Poey 1860). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Mexico and Cuba south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.