martinicensis, Umbrina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:186 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Martinique Island, West Indies. Type: MNHN 0000 7498. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:20 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:30 [ref. 6983], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:372 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier 1830 -- (González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960]). •Valid as Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2020:321 [ref. 37705], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:641 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:177 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean region (Martinique and the West Indies) south to northern Argentina. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.