armata, Bairdiella Gill [T. N.] 1863:164 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Western coast of Central America. Holotype (unique): USNM 35134. Type catalog: Smith 2018:76 [ref. 36061]. •Synonym of Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Chao 2003:1602 [ref. 27097] dated 1853 and perhaps in error). •Valid as Bairdiella armata Gill 1863 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:158 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:132 [ref. 23101], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1447 [ref. 22830], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:384 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], McMahan et al. 2013:450 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32708], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36544], Marceniuk et al. 2019:16 [ref. 36684], Parenti 2020:8 [ref. 37439], Page et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bairdiella armata Gill 1863. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Colombia. Habitat: brackish, marine.