veraecrucis, Bairdiella Jordan [D. S.] & Dickerson [M. C.] 1908:16, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 34 (no. 1592); ref. 10569] Veracruz, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 61676. Paratypes: CAS-SU 20654 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:77 [ref. 12291]. Originally as verae-crucis. •Synonym of Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Chao 1978:39 [ref. 6983], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:384 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Bairdiella veraecrucis Jordan & Dickerson 1908 -- (Marceniuk et al. 2019:14 [ref. 36684], Parenti 2020:9 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Bairdiella veraecrucis Jordan & Dickerson 1908. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Northern Greater Caribbean Province, Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine.