rastrifer, Stelliferus Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Eigenmann 1889:393 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3); ref. 2439] Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype: MCZ 10815. Paratypes: MCZ 4582 (2), 10802 (3), 10807 (13), 10811 (1), 10813-14 (5, 1), 10816-17 (15, 1), 10822 (6), 36561 (4), 91347 (13), 91348 [ex MCZ 10815] (1); USNM 130631 (5), 153609 [ex MCZ 10817] (5). •Valid as Stellifer rastrifer (Jordan 1889) -- (Chao 1978:41 [ref. 6983], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:377 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1992:412 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:307 [ref. 24474], González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Keith et al. 2000:142 [ref. 24547], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Chao 2003:1644 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:89 [ref. 27192], Catelani et al. 2014:933 [ref. 37496], Nión et al. 2016:49 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35324], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Parenti 2020:53 [ref. 37439], Chao et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38395], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:656 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:82 [ref. 39235], Angulo et al. 2023:76 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:181 [ref. 40480], Andrade-Santos et al. 2024:12 [ref. 41194]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer rastrifer (Jordan 1889). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic:Nicaragua, Colombia and Venezuela to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: brackish, marine.