leiarchus, Otolithus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:78 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Brazil; French Guiana. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5503 (2) Brazil, A-2690 (1, dry) Brazil, A-5422 (1, dry) Brazil; ?NMW 31096 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:15 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Chao 1978:36 [ref. 6983], Cervigón 1992:400 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:255 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:586 [ref. 16204], González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Chao 2002:9 [ref. 26250], Chao 2003:1609 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:37 [ref. 27621], Marceniuk et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35324], Spier et al. 2018:13 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Parenti 2020:14 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:629 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:174 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nicaragua and Panama south to Santos (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.