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Species in the genus Centropomus: [ 32 ] records

affinis, Centropomus Steindachner [F.] 1864:37 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 1 (no. 5); ref. 21705] Demerara, Guyana; Rio de Janeiro and Cajutuba, Brazil. ,. Syntypes: (several) NMW 39686 (1) Brazil. Species first described in above abstract, later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1864:200 [p. 1 of separate] Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [ref. 13937]. •Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:607 [ref. 5210], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:323 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

altus, Centropomus Regan [C. T.] 1907:53, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Biologia Centrali-Americana Part 215; ref. 3629] Colón, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype: BMNH 1877.5.31.3. Paratypes: BMNH 1877.5.31.4-5 (2). •Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:323 [ref. 38206]). •Synonym of Centropomus unionensis Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:605 [ref. 5210]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus unionensis Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

appendiculatus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:119, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: ?MCZ 10274 (1), 10306 (1), 34156 (skeleton); USNM 9834 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:189 [ref. 22926]. Specimens mentioned above have been considered types, but Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210] believes they are not types. •Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

argenteus, Centropomus Regan [C. T.] 1904:260 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 13 (no. 76) (art. 31); ref. 15199] Barbados; Guyana. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.12.15.80 (1) Guyana, 1872.7.13.2-3 (2) Barbados. •Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

armatus, Centropomus Gill [T. N.] 1863:163 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 4967. Type catalog: Smith 2018:76 [ref. 36061]. •Valid as Centropomus armatus Gill 1863 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:41 [ref. 37559], Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Villa 1982:161 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:606 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:104 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:990 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:257 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:327 [ref. 28615], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Angulo et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus armatus Gill 1863. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Ecuador. Habitat: brackish, marine.

atridorsalis, Centropomus Regan [C. T.] 1903:627 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 12 (no. 72) (art. 64); ref. 13401] Río Vaqueria near La Tola, northwestern Ecuador. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.7.29.40. •Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill 1863 -- (Rivas 1986:606 [ref. 5210]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill 1863. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aureoviridis, Sphyraena Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:325, 327, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Martinique Island, West Indies. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:101 [ref. 12478]. •Questionably a synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Rivas 1986:582 [ref. 5210], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Uncertain as Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevis, Centropomus Günther [A.] 1864:145 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Tropical America, specific locality unknown. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.9.19.301. •Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill 1863 -- (Rivas 1986:606 [ref. 5210]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill 1863. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

constantinus, Centropomus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan & Evermann 1896:1125 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Bahia, Brazil. Holotype: CAS-SU 1633. Paratypes: USNM 43289 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:69 [ref. 12291]. Also appeared in Gilbert 1897:442 [ref. 1629] where type is erroneously listed as USNM 43289. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). •Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:602 [ref. 5210]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cuvieri, Centropomus Bocourt [F.] 1868:91 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Santo Domingo. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5112 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:591 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:255 [ref. 24550], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:325 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ensiferus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:122, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Neotype: MCZ 10299. Poey specimens: MCZ 10300 (1); NMW 39683 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:189 [ref. 22926] with cotypes. Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:608 •Valid as Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Lee et al. 1980:569 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:161 [ref. 36708], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:294 [ref. 14275] as enciferus, Rivas 1986:607 [ref. 5210], Robins & Ray 1986:129 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:312 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:296 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:143 [ref. 22947], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:255 [ref. 24550], Keith et al. 2000:76 [ref. 24547], Marín 2000:72 [ref. 26252], Lim et al. 2002:82 [ref. 28310], Orrell 2003:1288 [ref. 27053], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:99 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:327 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:38 [ref. 33341], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:248 [ref. 35886], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:323 [ref. 38206], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:481 [ref. 38945], Angulo et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:108 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gabbi, Centropomus Fowler [H. W.] 1906:423, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58; ref. 15658] Eastern Dominican Republic. Holotype (unique): ANSP 13469. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:39 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). •Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:603 [ref. 5210]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

grandoculatus, Centropomus Jenkins [O. P.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1889:139 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698); ref. 2342] Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 39630. Paratypes: (1). •Synonym of Centropomus medius Günther 1864 -- (Rivas 1986:592 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:259 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus medius Günther 1864. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

heringi, Centropomus Fowler [H. W.] 1906:425, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58; ref. 15658] Suriname. Holotype (unique): ANSP 13421. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:39 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:600 [ref. 5210], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

irae, Centropomus Carvalho-Filho [A.], Oliveira [J. de], Soares [C.] & Araripe [J.] 2019:83, Fig. 2 [Zootaxa 4671 (no. 1); ref. 36975] Baía do Oiapoque, Oiapoque, Amapá, Brazil, 3.84°N, -51.82°W. Holotype: MPEG 30613. Paratypes: MNRJ, MPEG, MZUSP, ZUEC. •Valid as Centropomus irae Carvalho-Filho, Oliveira, Soares & Araripe 2019 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:320 [ref. 38206], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:482 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:110 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus irae Carvalho-Filho, Oliveira, Soares & Araripe 2019. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Amapá and Pará (northeastern Brazil) endemic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

loubina, Perca Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:397, 418 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Cayenne, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:100 [ref. 12478]. •Questionably a synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975]). •Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Uncertain as Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrochirus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1955:245 [Ictiologia Cubana. Posthumous transcription of original unpublished manuscript (1884) by M. Sánchez Roig and F. Gómez de la Maza v. 1; ref. 22481] Cuba. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Posthumous publication. Also appeared in Poey 2000:148 [ref. 26366] with figures in atlas. •Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:607 [ref. 5210], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:323 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

marinus, Lucius Plumier [C.] in Lacepède 1803:327 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Not available, name only in account of Sphyraena aureoviridis Lacepède 1803. Nomen Nudum. Centropomidae.

medius, Centropomus Günther [A.] 1864:144 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.235. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.234 (1). Lectotype selected by Rivas 1986:592 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus medius Günther 1864 -- (Rivas 1986:592 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:105 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:991 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Bussing 1998:265 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:300 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:259 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:108 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:327 [ref. 28615], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:406 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Angulo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37425], Love et al. 2021:144 [ref. 39279], Angulo et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:286 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus medius Günther 1864. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mexicanus, Centropomus Bocourt [F.] 1868:90 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Oaxaca, Mexico [should be Veracruz, Mexico]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1086. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. See Rivas 1986:603 [ref. 5210] for comments on locality. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). •Valid as Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:602 [ref. 5210], Cervigón 1991:310 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:296 [ref. 23827], Keith et al. 2000:78 [ref. 24547], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:260 [ref. 24550], Orrell 2003:1289 [ref. 27053], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:100 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Seyoum et al. 2022:474 [ref. 40439], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.), Mexico, the Caribbean Sea to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigrescens, Centropomus Günther [A.] 1864:144 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.26.223. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Centropomus nigrescens Risso 1810; a petition to the ICZN would be needed to retain this name and authorship. Needs investigation. •Valid as Centropomus nigrescens Günther 1864 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Villa 1982:161 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:105 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:992 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:306 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:253 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:108 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Angulo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37425], Love et al. 2021:144 [ref. 39279], Martínez-Brown et al. 2021:328 [ref. 38091], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:287 [ref. 40816], Valenzuela et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40815]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Centropomus nigrescens Günther 1864. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

parallelus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:120, Pl. 13 (figs. 2, 3) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Neotype: MCZ 10307. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:189 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:601 •Valid as Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Lee et al. 1980:570 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:161 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:600 [ref. 5210], Robins & Ray 1986:129 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:310 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:297 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:143 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:267 [ref. 24179], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:256 [ref. 24550], Keith et al. 2000:80 [ref. 24547], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Orrell 2003:1290 [ref. 27053], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:101 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Di Dario et al. 2013:264 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Marceniuk et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:250 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:481 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:67 [ref. 39235], Seyoum et al. 2022:474 [ref. 40439], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:108 [ref. 40480], Vieira et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40759]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pectinatus, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:121, Pl. 13 (fig. 6) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Neotype: CAS-SU 1602. Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:591 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Lee et al. 1980:571 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:162 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:591 [ref. 5210], Robins & Ray 1986:129 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:311 [ref. 24472], Bussing 1987:169 [ref. 22927], Cervigón 1992:297 [ref. 23827], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:144 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:269 [ref. 24179], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:254 [ref. 24550], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Orrell 2003:1291 [ref. 27053], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:102 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:328 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Schmidt & McMullin 2015:4 [ref. 36603] as pectinatis, Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:251 [ref. 35886], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:325 [ref. 38206], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:484 [ref. 38945], Seyoum et al. 2022:474 [ref. 40439], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:110 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Paraná (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pedimacula, Centropomus Poey [F.] 1860:122, Pl. 13 (figs. 4-5) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cienfuegos, Cuba. Poey specimens: MCZ 10272-73 (1, 1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:189 [ref. 22926], but see Rivas 1986:591 [ref. 5210]. •Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:591 [ref. 5210] as pedinacula, Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:255 [ref. 24550], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:325 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pellegrini, Centropomus Puyo [J.] 1936:213, Fig. 41 [Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse v. 71 (no. 4); ref. 15298] Marais Leolong, Cayenne, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1936-0164. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 -- (Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:321 [ref. 38206]). •Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 -- (Rivas 1986:603 [ref. 5210], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36975]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

poeyi, Centropomus Chávez [H.] 1961:75, Fig. 1 [Ciencia (Mexico City) v. 21 (no. 2); ref. 9305] Laguna de Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico. Neotype: USNM 196622. Paratypes: (27) BMNH 1962.2.27.1-2 (2); EBMTV 236 (7, lost), 237 (4, lost), 238 (2, lost), 239 (2, lost); IPN (2); MNHN 1962-0318 (2); UMMZ 179166 (2); USNM 267257 (1); ZMB 27644 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478]. Original holotype and 15 Instituto Technologico del Mar paratypes lost (Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210]). Neotype designated by Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus poeyi Chávez 1961 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Rivas 1986:599 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:258 [ref. 24550], Orrell 2003:1292 [ref. 27053], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:103 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:329 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:327 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus poeyi Chávez 1961. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Tamaulipas to Campeche (Mexico), Belize, Cuba, southern Gulf of Mexico. IUCN (2019): LC. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

robalito, Centropomus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:462 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 254) (for 4 Aug. 1882); ref. 10610] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Neotype: USNM 47416. Original syntypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.6 (1); USNM 28102 (1), 28132 (1), 28150 (1), 28310 (1), 28321 (1), 28334 (1), 29395 (1), 29562 (?), 29564 (?). Possible syntypes: BMNH 1895.5.27.7-11 (5). Non-types: USNM 28245 (1), 29228 (1). All USNM types not found in 1980; USNM 47416 designated neotype by Rivas 1986:607 [ref. 5210], but BMNH specimen may be an available syntype. •Valid as Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Villa 1982:162 [ref. 36708], Rivas 1986:582 [ref. 5210], Bussing 1987:170 [ref. 22927], Allen & Robertson 1994:105 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:993 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Bussing 1998:270 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:257 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:330 [ref. 28615], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], McMahan et al. 2013:449 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Angulo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37425], Angulo et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:288 as cf. robalito [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

scaber, Centropomus Bocourt [F.] 1868:90 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Belize. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5206. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:72 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860 -- (Rivas 1986:607 [ref. 5210], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:323 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

undecimalis, Sciaena Bloch [M. E.] 1792:60, Pl. 303 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] Jamaica. Holotype (unique): ZMB 38. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:58 [ref. 24282] with locality as West Indies. On p. 51 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Herrera 1896:51 [ref. 39336], Ovchynnyk 1967:41 [ref. 37559], Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Lee et al. 1980:572 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:162 [ref. 36708], Pezold & Edwards 1983:104 [ref. 37431], Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Robins & Ray 1986:128 [ref. 23100], Bussing 1987:171 [ref. 22927], Cervigón 1991:314 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:102 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:297 [ref. 23827], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:145 [ref. 22947], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], Bussing 1998:272 [ref. 24179], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:252 [ref. 24550], Keith et al. 2000:82 [ref. 24547], Marín 2000:71 [ref. 26252], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:156 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Lim et al. 2002:84 [ref. 28310], Orrell 2003:1293 [ref. 27053], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192] dating to 1796, Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:104 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:330 [ref. 28615], Scenna et al. 2006:187 [ref. 37010], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Di Dario et al. 2013:264 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:38 [ref. 33341], Nión et al. 2016:45 [ref. 35565], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Marceniuk et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:253 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:7 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2020:202 [ref. 38085], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:485 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:68 [ref. 39235], Angulo et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:109 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Buenos Aires (Argentina), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

undecimradiatus, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:250, 268 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Jamaica. No types known. Originally undecim-radiatus, based on Bloch 1792. •Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792) -- (Rivas 1986:594 [ref. 5210], Figueiredo-Filho et al. 2021:318 [ref. 38206]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch 1792). Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

unionensis, Centropomus Bocourt [F.] 1868:90 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Bay of Union, El Salvador. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-5207. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2999 [ex MNHN 0000-5207] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:72 [ref. 12478]. Lectotype selected by Rivas 1986:605 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus unionensis Bocourt 1868 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:41 [ref. 37559], Fraser 1968:433 [ref. 21275], Rivas 1986:605 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:105 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:994 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:260 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:330 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Meza-Vargas et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39566], Angulo et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:289 [ref. 40816], Valenzuela et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40815]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus unionensis Bocourt 1868. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Peru. Habitat: brackish, marine.

viridis, Centropomus Lockington [W. N.] 1877:110 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 7 [for 1876]; ref. 17546] Río Mulege, Baja California, Mexico. Neotype: CAS-SU 10166. Original unique holotype from Ascunsion I., Baja California lost; neotype designated by Rivas 1986:596 [ref. 5210]. •Valid as Centropomus viridis Lockington 1877 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:37 [ref. 39147], Rivas 1986:596 [ref. 5210], Allen & Robertson 1994:106 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:88 [ref. 23101], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:995 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:95 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:306 [ref. 24023], Bussing 1998:273 [ref. 24179], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:303 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:253 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:109 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:331 [ref. 28615], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:999 [ref. 33194], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:407 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36975], Love et al. 2021:144 [ref. 39279], Martínez-Brown et al. 2021:328 [ref. 38091], Angulo et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus viridis Lockington 1877. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galápagos Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.