cayennensis, Trachinotus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:417 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Cayenne, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-6840. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:28 [ref. 12247]. •Valid as Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier 1832 -- (Cervigón 1992:294 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:82 [ref. 24474] as cayenensis, Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:399 [ref. 24427] as cayanensis, Keith et al. 2000:104 [ref. 24547], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1464 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:81 [ref. 27192], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:360 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:149 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier 1832. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela to Pará (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.