chaoi, Stellifer Aguilera [O.], Solano [O. D.] & Valdez [J.] 1983:7, Fig. 1 [Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betín v. 13; ref. 8257] Punta Campana, Golfo de Venezuela, depth 8-10 fathoms. Holotype: MBUCV-V-13815. Paratypes: ANSP 153376 (6); CIP 608 (3); ICNMNH 843 (4); INVEMAR P-719 (6), P-722 (3), P-729 (2), P-765 (3); MBUCV-V-14030 (35), MM 5069 PEC 1448 (3); UF 234426 [ex UMML 34426] (6); UNEFM 13815 (35). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:18 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Stellifer chaoi Aguilera, Solano & Valdez 1983 -- (Cervigón 1992:413 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:300 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Chao 2003:1650 [ref. 27097], Parenti 2020:51 [ref. 37439], Chao et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38395], Andrade-Santos et al. 2024:12 [ref. 41194]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer chaoi Aguilera, Solano & Valdez 1983. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean Sea (Colombia and Gulf of Venezuela). Habitat: brackish, marine.