patronus, Brevoortia Goode [G. B.] 1878:39 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 1 (no. 15); ref. 18142] Brazos Santiago, Texas, U.S.A. Syntypes or possible syntypes: MCZ 17827 [ex USNM 891] (2); USNM 891 (?2 of 10), 892 (2), 5864 (2), 129846 [ex 891] (2), 133642 [ex 893] (4), 133643 [ex USNM 893] (2). •Valid as Brevoortia patronus Goode 1878 -- (Whitehead 1985:212 [ref. 5141], Robins & Ray 1986:69 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:40 [ref. 23239], Mettee et al. 1996:119 [ref. 25836], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:334 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:107 [ref. 24550], Ross et al. 2001:106 [ref. 25978], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:814 [ref. 26997], Nelson et al. 2004:67 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:138 [ref. 27995], Miller 2006:91 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:67 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Pozzobon et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38249], Bagley et al. 2023:312 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:147 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Brevoortia patronus Goode 1878. Alosidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico) endemic. IUCN (2011): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.