auratus, Johnius Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:12, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Río Ucayali, Amazon basin, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7622. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:12 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Chao 1978:43 [ref. 6983], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Keith et al. 2000:136 [ref. 24547], Soares & Casatti 2000:512 [ref. 24955], Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera 2001:66 [ref. 25927], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:601 [ref. 27061], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27192], Casatti 2005:50 [ref. 28401], Parenti 2020:43 [ref. 37439], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:282 [ref. 40783], Taphorn et al. 2022:9 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855). Sciaenidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Orinoco and rivers of the Guianas (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.