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Species in the genus Selene: [ 41 ] records


argentea, Selene Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:560, 562, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Tropical America. No types known. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:41 [ref. 12247]. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brasiliensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:43 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2927 (3). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brevoortii, Argyriosus Gill [T. N.] 1863:83 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1679] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 4438. •Valid as Selene brevoortii (Gill 1863) -- (Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:128 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:100 [ref. 23101], Lea & Walker 1995:90 [ref. 23105], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:974 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:91 [ref. 24545] as brevoorti, Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:282 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:285 [ref. 24550] as brevoorti, Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:122 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:289 [ref. 25640], Reed et al. 2001:468 [ref. 26968], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1458 [ref. 27083], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:118 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:236 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35676], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:154 [ref. 39279], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:214 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Selene brevoortii (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

browni, Selene Spix [J. B. Von] in Spix & Agassiz 1831 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] See Vomer brownii Cuvier 1816. •Valid as Selene browni Spix & Agassiz 1831 -- (Cervigón 1992:291 [ref. 23827]). •Predated by and a synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brownii, Vomer Cuvier [G.] 1816:318 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Jamaica; New York, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2923 (1) New York. Non-types (types of Smith-Vaniz et al.): MNHN 0000-2917 (1), 0000-2921 (1), 0000-2922 (1), 0000-2924 (2), 0000-2926 (1), 0000-2927 (3). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31 [ref. 12247]. Apparently available as above from footnote as, "Vomer nob Brownii, Rhomboida, etc. Brown. Jam. p. 455, no. 1. Klein, Miss. iv, pl. xii, f. 1, ou Zeus setapinnis, Mitch. New-Yorck, i, I, 9." If not regarded as available as above then the species dates to Spix & Agassiz (ex Cuvier) 1831 with locality as Brazil [Spix & Agassiz mention Cuvier 1829]. Subsequently described in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:189, Pl. 256 [ref. 1002]. Lectotype designation (MNHN 2917) by Smith-Vaniz, Bauchot & Desoutter 1979:31 [ref. 12247] with species dating to Cuvier 1833; but if dated to 1816 or 1831 then this lectotype is not a type as Martinique is not an included locality. •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Synonym of Selene brownii Spix & Agassiz 1831 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31 [ref. 12247] but with invalid lectotype). •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Smith 1986:425 [ref. 22186]). •Valid as Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Reed et al. 2001:468 [ref. 26968], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1456 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:81 [ref. 27192] as browni, Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:76 [ref. 31601], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:291 [ref. 28815], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:48 [ref. 33341], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:354 [ref. 38945], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capillaris, Zeus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:383, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:426 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cayennensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:43 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Cayenne, French Guiana. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2925 (2). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:32 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

columba, Zeus Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:375, 382 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Also appeared in Devincenzi 1925:301, 323 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

columbiensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:39 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Santa Marta, Colombia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2920. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:32 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cubae, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:44 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Havana, Cuba. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2926. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31, 32 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cubensis, Vomer setapinnis Nichols [J. T.] 1918:672 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 38 (art. 18); ref. 17979] Market at Cienfuegos, Las Villas Province, Cuba. Holotype: AMNH 7148. Paratypes: (5) AMNH 2854 (1). •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

curtus, Vomer Cope [E. D.] 1870:119 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 18030] Rhode Island, U.S.A. (also N. American Atlantic coast). Syntypes: ANSP 11167 (1, primary specimen, missing), ANSP 11166 (1) Bonaparte specimen. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:33 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratype. Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

declivifrons, Vomer Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:367, Pl. 29 (fig. 2) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 226); ref. 13609] Panama City market, Panama. Holotype: USNM 81773. Other material: (42). •Synonym of Selene peruviana (Guichenot 1866) -- (Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:976 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:284 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Selene peruviana (Guichenot 1866). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

depressus, Stromateus Perry [G.] 1810:unnumbered page, Pl. XXVI [Ichthyology. In: Arcana, or, The Museum of Natural History v. 1; ref. 12255] No locality. No types known. Original not seen. Regarded as a nomen oblitum. Published 1 July 1810. •In genus Selene -- (W. Smith-Vaniz, pers. comm.). •Probably the same as Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Uncertain as Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

dominicensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:40 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Dominican Republic. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31, 32 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

dorsalis, Vomer Gill [T. N.] 1863:436 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (no. 9 [2nd]); ref. 1669] St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. Holotype: BMNH 1855.8.16.86. •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Valid as Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:835 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:656 [ref. 5718], Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:318 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:675 [ref. 21590], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:158 [ref. 25472], Afonso et al. 1999:74 [ref. 25466], Castro-Hernández 2001:333 [ref. 26421], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1457 [ref. 27083], Wirtz et al. 2007:33 [ref. 30263], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Wirtz et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2496 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:269 [ref. 37509], Carneiro et al. 2019:254 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:198 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2021:46 [ref. 39014], Tiralongo & Azzurro in Tsagarakis et al. 2021:631 [ref. 38798], Fermon et al. 2022:239 [ref. 39448], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Southwestern Mediterranean Sea: eastern Strait of Gibraltar; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to South Africa, including Madeira, Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gabonensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:37 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Gabon. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2928. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:32 [ref. 12247] dated to Guichenot 1866. Appeared first as name only in Guichenot in Duméril 1858:262 [ref. 1149]. •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:318 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644]). Current status: Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

geometricus, Zeus Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:245 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 4) (art. 1); ref. 17774] Long Island, New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:426 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gibbiceps, Selene Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1914:130, Fig. [Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope. No. 2 (VII); ref. 15094] Walvis Bay, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAM 13725. •Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1986:656 [ref. 5718], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2496 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

goreensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:37 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Gorée, Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2924 (2). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:32 [ref. 12247]. Appeared first as name only in Guichenot in Duméril 1858:262 [ref. 1149] •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:318 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644]). Current status: Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

kleinii, Zeus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:401 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. Based on Klein, v. 4:38, Pl. 12 (fig. 1). •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm.). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

martinicensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:39 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2917. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:31, 33 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mauriceii, Argyriosus Swainson [W.] 1839:408, Fig. 134 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Brazil. No types known. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

micropteryx, Platysomus Swainson [W.] 1839:250, 406, Fig. 133 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Pernambuco, Brazil. No types known. •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mitchilli, Argyriosus DeKay [J. E.] 1842:126 [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing under Argyreiosus capillaris. •In the synonymy of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:426 [ref. 22186]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae.

novaeboracensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:41 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2929 (4). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:33 [ref. 12247]. Originally as Novae-Boracensis. •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pacificus, Argyreiosus Lockington [W. N.] 1877:84 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 7 [for 1876]; ref. 17546] Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Possible paratypes: NMW 14540 (2), USNM 39896 (1). Specimen ZMUO J1735 is labeled a syntype but is not a type according to Pethon 1969:1, 6 [ref. 19268]. •Synonym of Selene brevoortii (Gill 1863). Current status: Synonym of Selene brevoortii (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

peruvianus, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:38 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Paita, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2922. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:32, 33 [ref. 12247]. •Valid as Selene peruviana (Guichenot 1866) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:209 [ref. 9277], Pequeño 1989:61 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:128 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:100 [ref. 23101], Lea & Walker 1995:90 [ref. 23105], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:976 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:91 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:369 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:282 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:284 [ref. 24550], Reed et al. 2001:468 [ref. 26968], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1457 [ref. 27083], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:118 [ref. 37547], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:458 [ref. 34668], Kells et al. 2016:236 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35676], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499], Love et al. 2021:155 [ref. 39279], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:216 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Selene peruviana (Guichenot 1866). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

rhomboides, Zeus Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:375, 382 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Also appeared in Devincenzi 1925:301, 323 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) (p. 301) and of Vomer setipinnis [sic] (Mitchill 1815) (p. 323). •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rostratus, Zeus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:384, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:426 [ref. 22186]). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

sanctaemarthae, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:38 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Santa Marta, Colombia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2919. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:33 [ref. 12247]. Originally as Sanctae-Marthae. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

sanctipetri, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:41 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Martinique Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2930 (4). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:33 [ref. 12247]. Originally as Sancti-Petri. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816) Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

senegalensis, Vomer Guichenot [A.] 1866:35 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 8; ref. 15731] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2819 [or 2918]. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:33 [ref. 12247]. Appeared first as name only in Guichenot in Duméril 1858:262 [ref. 1149]. •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:318 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644]). Current status: Synonym of Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

setapinnis, Zeus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:384, Pl. 1 (fig. 9) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] Bay of New York, New York, U.S.A. No types known. Spelled setipinnis by Günther 1860:459 [ref. 1963]. •Valid as Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:34 [ref. 39147] as setipinnis misidentified, Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Valid as Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Herrera 1896:47 [ref. 39336] as setipinnis, Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:336 [ref. 14275], Smith 1986:425 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:163 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:379 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:146 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:132 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:291 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:90 [ref. 24474], Murdy et al. 1997:162 [ref. 23144], Katsuragawa 1997:779 [ref. 23519], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:401 [ref. 24427], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:284 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:243 [ref. 25013], Keith et al. 2000:100 [ref. 24547], Reed et al. 2001:468 [ref. 26968], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:421 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:64 [ref. 26808], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1457 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:81 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:292 [ref. 28815], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Nión et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35565], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Carneiro et al. 2019:254 [ref. 37250], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:355 [ref. 38945], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998], Simian et al. 2022:376 [ref. 40776], Carvalho-Filho 2023:145 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada) south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

setifer, Argyriosus Swainson [W.] 1839:407 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] No types known. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

setipinnis, Argyreiosus Günther [A.] 1860:459 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Unjustified emendation of Zeus setapinnis Mitchill 1815. •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

spixii, Argyreiosus Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:23 [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Brazil. No types known. Based on Marcgrave 1648, fig. 2 [ref. 19651]. •Valid as Selene spixii (Castelnau 1855) -- (Katsuragawa 1997:779 [ref. 23519]). •Not valid -- (Smith-Vaniz, pers. comm. 10/2004). Current status: Uncertain as Selene spixii (Castelnau 1855). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Brazil. Habitat: marine.

spixii, Platysomus Swainson [W.] 1839:250, 406, Fig. 132 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Spix. pl. 57 -- which is Spix & Agassiz 1831:Pl. 57 [ref. 13]. Unneeded new name for Vomer brownii Cuvier 1816. •Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816) -- (Dennis et al. 2004:76 [ref. 31601]). Current status: Synonym of Selene brownii (Cuvier 1816). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

triacanthus, Platysomus (Argyriosus) Swainson [W.] 1839:250, 409 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Spix. pl. 58 -- which is Spix & Agassiz 1831:Pl. 58 [ref. 13]. •Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

unimaculatus, Argyreiosus Batchelder [J. M.] 1846:78 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 2 (no. 10); ref. 15992] Beach at Saco, Maine, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MCZ 38717 (dry). •Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Current status: Synonym of Selene setapinnis (Mitchill 1815). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vomer, Zeus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:266 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America (Jamaica; Brazil). Possible syntypes: NRM 17 (1), 117 (1). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:241-243 [ref. 20707]. Based on the "Rhomboida alepidota argentea ..." of Browne 1756:455 [ref. 30188], which was based on the "Guaperva Brasiliensibus" of Willughby 1686:Pl. O1 (fig. 4) [ref. 30164], and on the "Zeus cauda bifurca" of Linnaeus 1754:67, Pl. 31 (fig. 9) [ref. 2787], which was based on the "Zeus cauda bifurca" of Artedi 1738a:50 [ref. 30578]; 1738b:78 [ref. 30349], the "Gallus marinus sive Faber indicus" of Willughby 1686:Appendix Pl. 7 [ref. 30164], and the "Abacatvaia" of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:161, fig. [ref. 30347]. •Valid as Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:47 [ref. 39336], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:335 [ref. 14275], Smith 1986:426 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:163 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:380 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:146 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:132 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:291 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:93 [ref. 24474], Murdy et al. 1997:161 [ref. 23144], Katsuragawa 1997:779 [ref. 23519], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:283 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:243 [ref. 25013], Keith et al. 2000:102 [ref. 24547], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Reed et al. 2001:468 [ref. 26968], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:422 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:64 [ref. 26808], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1458 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:81 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:293 [ref. 28815], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Mabragaña et al. 2011:Table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Fabiano et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33530], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:48 [ref. 33341], Nión et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:356 [ref. 38945], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998], Angulo et al. 2023:46 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:145 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Selene vomer (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Maine (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Mar Chiquita (Argentina), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.


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