dowii, Leptarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:171 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Western coast of Central America. Holotype (unique): USNM 4973 (lost). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:53 [ref. 29155], Smith 2018:81 [ref. 36061]. Also seen as dovii. •Valid as Arius dowii (Gill 1863) -- (Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Sciadeichthys dowii (Gill 1863) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:69 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Selanaspis [sic] dowi (Gill 1963) -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:60 [ref. 23101]). •Valid as Selenaspis dowii (Gill 1863) -- (Kailola & Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:886 [ref. 22829]). •Valid as Hexanematichthys dowii (Gill 1863) -- (Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:451 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Sciades hymenorrhinos (Bleeker 1862) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:144 [ref. 24550] as hymenorrhinus, Kailola 2004:143 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Sciades dowii (Gill 1863) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:105 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:53 [ref. 29155], Betancur-R. et al. 2007:347 [ref. 29268], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:399 [ref. 34894], Marceniuk et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40422], Page et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sciades dowii (Gill 1863). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.