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Species in the genus Melanorhinus: [ 4 ] records

boekei, Melanorhinus Metzelaar [J.] 1919:38, Fig. 14 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Oyster pond on St. Martin Island, West Indies. Syntypes: (12) CAS-SU 23304 (1), ZMA 100179 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:67 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:73 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar 1919 -- (Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:520 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar 1919. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama and West Indies. Habitat: marine.

cyanellus, Mugilops Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:271, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Balboa, Panama Bay, Panama (Pacific). Holotype: USNM 81748. Paratypes: FMNH 8551-52 (1, 1); USNM 79720-21 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Mugilops cyanellus Meek & Hildebrand 1923 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:91 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Melanorhinus cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand 1923) -- (Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:901 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:272 [ref. 24023], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:520 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Melanorhinus cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand 1923). Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: western Mexico to Panama, Galápagos Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

marinus, Mugilops Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:272, Pl. 22 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Porto Bello, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 81742. •Synonym of Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar 1919 -- (Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:520 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar 1919. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Habitat: marine.

microps, Atherina Poey [F.] 1860:266 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. No types known. Type catalog: Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]. •Valid as Melanorhinus microps (Poey 1860) -- (Chernoff 1986:245 [ref. 5847], Cervigón 1991:237 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:263 [ref. 23827], Collette et al. 2003:102 [ref. 26784], Chernoff 2003:1100 [ref. 27017], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]). Current status: Valid as Melanorhinus microps (Poey 1860). Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: Widespread in western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.