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Species in the genus Odontognathus: [ 4 ] records

aculeatus, Gnathobolus Schinz [H. R.] 1822:300 [Das Thierreich v. 2; ref. 3926] French Guiana. Based on Lacepède. Unneeded replacement name for and objective synonym of Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800 (see Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392]). •Objective synonym of Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800 -- (Daget 1968:1058 [ref. 26392]). •Synonym of Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800 -- (Whitehead 1985:298 [ref. 5141]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800. Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

compressus, Odontognathus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:194, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215); ref. 2963] Fox Bay, Colón, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype: USNM 79533. Paratypes: FMNH 25540-63 (24); ?USNM 79524 (1), 81739-40 (24, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:61 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Odontognathus compressus Meek & HIldebrand 1923 -- (Whitehead 1985:297 [ref. 5141], Cervigón 1991:93 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:389 [ref. 23827], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Munroe 2003:801 [ref. 26996], Angulo et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:65 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Odontognathus compressus Meek & Hildebrand 1923. Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nicaragua and Panama south to Bahia (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mucronatus, Odontognathus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:220, 221, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Cayenne, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3621 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:294-295 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:21 [ref. 9739]. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:38 (vol. 6) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800 -- (Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:94 [ref. 14275] as micronatus, Whitehead 1985:298 [ref. 5141], Cervigón 1991:92 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:389 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:582 [ref. 16204], Planquette et al. 1996:82 [ref. 22818], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:40 [ref. 27192], Munroe 2003:802 [ref. 26996], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Marceniuk et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35324], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:132 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:65 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Odontognathus mucronatus Lacepède 1800. Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Guyana south to southeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

panamensis, Pristigaster (Odontognathus) Steindachner [F.] 1876:72 [24] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): NMW 4626. Type information: Whitehead 1970:24 [ref. 11605]. On p. 24 of separate. •Valid as Odontognathus panamensis (Steindachner 1876) -- (Whitehead 1985:300 [ref. 5141], Allen & Robertson 1994:61 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:48 [ref. 23101], Whitehead & Rodriguez-Sánchez in Fischer et al. 1995:1414 [ref. 22830], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:120 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807], McMahan et al. 2013:444 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:66 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Odontognathus panamensis (Steindachner 1876). Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.