Species that contain: Equetus and acuminatus [ 2 ] records

acuminatus, Grammistes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Seba) 1801:184 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Neotype: UF 210054. Based on the 'Chaetodon, lineis fuscis, longitudinalibus, varius' of Seba 1759:72 (no. 33), Pl. 26 (fig. 33) [ref. 18716]. Neotype selected by Carvalho-Filho et al. 2022:409 [ref. 39735]. •Valid as Equetus acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:186 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:144 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:402 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:267 [ref. 24474], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Schwartz 2001:128 [ref. 25391], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Chao 2003:1635 [ref. 27097], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:57 [ref. 33341]). •Valid as Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983], Uyeno & Sato in Uyeno et al. 1983:363 [ref. 14275], Aguilera 1998:50 [ref. 24221], Holt & Riley 1999:825 [ref. 24428], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:386 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:270 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:110 [ref. 26784], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:438 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Parenti 2020:41 [ref. 37439], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:646 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2022:404 [ref. 39735], Carvalho-Filho 2023:180 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Venezuela, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

umbrosus, Eques acuminatus var. Jordan [D. S.] & Eigenmann [C. H.] 1889:440 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3); ref. 2439] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 25981 [or CAS 18958]. For type information see Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983]. •Valid as Equetus umbrosus Jordan & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:186 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:145 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:403 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:272 [ref. 24474], Schwartz 2001:129 [ref. 25391]). •Valid as Pareques umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann 1889) -- (Chao 1978:28 [ref. 6983], Holt & Riley 1999:825 [ref. 24428], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:270 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Chao 2003:1649 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:441 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2020:41 [ref. 37439], Carvalho-Filho 2023:180 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pareques umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann 1889). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay south to Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.