acoupa, Cheilodipterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:540, 546 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Cayenne, French Guyana. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5502. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:115 [ref. 12478], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:6 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède 1801) -- (Chao 1978:35 [ref. 6983], Cervigón 1992:400 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:249 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Keith et al. 2000:122 [ref. 24547], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Chao 2002:8 [ref. 26250], Chao 2003:1606 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27192], Marceniuk et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35324], Spier et al. 2018:13 [ref. 36103], Parenti 2020:13 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:627 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:81 [ref. 39235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:173 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:69 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède 1801). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama south to northern Argentina, inclucing southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.