altipinnis, Micropogon Günther [A.] 1864:149 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]; San José, Guatemala. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1864.1.26.325 (1) San José. •Valid as Micropogonias altipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:163 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:126 [ref. 23101], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1478 [ref. 22830], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:308 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:367 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:128 [ref. 37547], McMahan et al. 2013:451 [ref. 32422], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:403 [ref. 34894], Sánchez-Pinedo et al. 2017:136 [ref. 35709], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2020:30 [ref. 37439], Love et al. 2021:166 [ref. 39279], Barrientos et al. 2023:275 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:209 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:399 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Micropogonias altipinnis (Günther 1864). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.