similis, Cynoscion Randall [J. E.] & Cervigón [F.] 1968:179, fig. 2 [Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle v. 27 (no. 78) (for 1967); ref. 19857] Porlamar fish market, Isla de Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 201382. Paratypes: UF [ex UMML 4299] (1), 212502 [ex UMML 12502] (1); UPR 2868 (1); MOBR-EDIMAR-P-1978 (4). Type catalog: Lasso et al. 1999:111 [ref. 33859]. •Valid as Cynoscion similis Randall & Cervigón 1968 -- (Chao 1978:36 [ref. 6983], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:371 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1992:401 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:261 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Chao 2002:10 [ref. 26250], Chao 2003:1614 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27192], Parenti 2020:16 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:631 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:174 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Cynoscion similis Randall & Cervigón 1968. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Isla Margarita (Venezuela) east to Bahia (Brazil). Habitat: marine.