sciera, Sciaena Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1884:480 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 452); ref. 10624] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico; or Panama. Syntypes: USNM 29499 (?). Additional material: USNM 28385 (1), 29229 (1), 29269 (1), 29275 (1), 29337, 29638, 29490, 29499. •Valid as Ophioscion scierus (Jordan & Gilbert 1884) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:164 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:134 [ref. 23101] as sciera, Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1485 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:320 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:152 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:404 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:308 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2020:35 [ref. 37439], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:402 [ref. 40816]). •Valid as Stellifer scierus (Jordan & Gilbert 1884) -- (Chao et al. 2021:441 [ref. 38395], Page et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer scierus (Jordan & Gilbert 1884). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Peru. Habitat: marine.