roseus, Prionotus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1887:470 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 9 (no. 586); ref. 2441] Off Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 37989. •Valid as Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann 1887 -- (Ross 1983:26 [ref. 36592], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:443 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:280 [ref. 23100], Miller & Richards 1991:760 [ref. 15981], Cervigón 1991:300 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:100 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:453 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:244 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754], Richards & Miller 2003:1275 [ref. 27049], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:117 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:65 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32708], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:615 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:105 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann 1887. Triglidae: Prionotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico, and southern and eastern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.