Species that contain: Centropomus and armatus [ 4 ] records

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], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505]). 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.

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.

scapularis, Tylosurus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:307 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 1 (for 1881); ref. 2471] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Syntypes: USNM 29427 (1, not found in 1980), 29435 (missing; listed on USNM ledger as Centropomus armatus), 29438 (1, not found in 1980). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:5 [ref. 19410]. •Synonym of Tylosurus exilis (Girard 1854) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:205 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Collette & Berry 1965:392 [ref. 13367], Allen & Robertson 1994:90 [ref. 22193], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:924 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:106 [ref. 24555], Lovejoy & Collette 2001:329 [ref. 25232], Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306], Banford et al. 2004:834 [ref. 27645], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:402 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36544], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:189 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Belonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to northern Peru. Habitat: marine.