ectenes, Micropogon Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:355 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 28295 (1), 28336 (1), 28361 (1), 29538 (1, missing in 1980). •Valid as Micropogon ectenes Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:51 [ref. 39147]). •Valid as Micropogonias ectenes (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:163 [ref. 22193], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1479 [ref. 22830], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:369 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:128 [ref. 37547], Parenti 2020:30 [ref. 37439], Love et al. 2021:167 [ref. 39279]). •Synonym of Micropogonias altipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Sánchez-Pinedo et al. 2017:136 [ref. 35709]). Current status: Synonym of Micropogonias altipinnis (Günther 1864). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Acapulco (Guerrero, Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico) [if valid]. Habitat: brackish, marine.