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Species related to Orthopristis scapularis: [ 1 ] record

scapularis, Orthopristis Fowler [H. W.] 1915:536, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 67; ref. 14998] Port of Spain, Trinidad Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): ANSP 45084. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:148 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Orthopristis rubra (Cuvier 1830) -- (Parenti 2019:165 [ref. 37021]). •Valid as Orthopristis scapularis Fowler 1915-- (Marceniuk et al. 2019:117 [ref. 36634], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:574 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:169 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Orthopristis scapularis Fowler 1915. Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago and French Guiana south to Espíritu Santo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.