elegans, Paralonchurus Boeseman [M.] 1948:363 [3], Figs. 1a-b [Proceedings of the Section of Sciences, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen v. 51 (no. 3) (for 28 Feb. 1948); ref. 13042] Bokelbere Creek, Coronie sea coast, Suriname. Holotype (unique): RMNH 390. •Valid as Paralonchurus elegans Boeseman 1948 -- (Chao 1978:38 [ref. 6983], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:375 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1992:409 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:294 [ref. 24474], Casatti & Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27192], Parenti 2020:40 [ref. 37439]). •Valid as Lonchurus elegans (Boeseman 1948) -- (Chao 2003:1620 [ref. 27097], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:637 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:179 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Lonchurus elegans (Boeseman 1948). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela and Suriname south to northeastern Brazil, including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.