passany, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:458 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9399. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:13 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:54 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Arius passany (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Cervigón 1991:138 [ref. 24472] as pasany, Cervigón 1992:258 [ref. 23827], Le Bail et al. 2000:20 [ref. 24549], Marín 2000:68 [ref. 26252], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639]). •Valid as Selanaspis passany (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Acero P. 2003:852 [ref. 26998]). •Valid as Hexanematichthys passany (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:452 [ref. 27061], Marceniuk & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:42 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Sciades passany (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:143 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk 2005:99 [ref. 28718], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:109 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:54 [ref. 29155], Betancur-R. et al. 2007:347 [ref. 29268], Marceniuk et al. 2012:668 [ref. 32225], Marceniuk et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35324], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:173 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:64 [ref. 39235], Marceniuk et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40422], Lutz et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41548]). Current status: Valid as Sciades passany (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: northern South America from Guyana to mouth of the Amazon River (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela). Habitat: brackish, marine.