punctatissimus, Ophioscion Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:644, Pl. 68 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 226); ref. 13609] Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. Holotype: USNM 81766. Paratypes: FMNH 21670-71 (1, 1); USNM 80765-66 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:62 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Ophioscion punctatissimus Meek & Hildebrand 1925 -- (Chao 1978:40 [ref. 6983], Cervigón 1992:408 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:290 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Chao 2003:1633 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:87 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27621], Dennis et al. 2004:77 [ref. 31601], Cervigón 2011:97 [ref. 35839], Catelani et al. 2014:933 [ref. 37496], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Parenti 2020:35 [ref. 37439]). •Valid as Stellifer punctatissimus (Meek & Hildebrand 1925) -- (Chao et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38395], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:655 [ref. 38945], Santos et al. 2022:4 [ref. 40013], Carvalho-Filho 2023:182 [ref. 40480], Andrade-Santos et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41194]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer punctatissimus (Meek & Hildebrand 1925). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Puerto Rico; Panama south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.