simus, Menticirrhus Jordan [D. S.] & Eigenmann [C. H.] 1889:427 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3); ref. 2439] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico; Panama (Pacific). Holotype: USNM 28292. •Valid as Menticirrus simus Jordan & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:52 [ref. 39147]). •Synonym of Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868) -- (Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1473 [ref. 22830], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.