Species that contain: Gerres and brasilianus [ 2 ] records

brasilianus, Gerres Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:458 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN A-5510 (167 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN a-5510 (1), 917 (1), Puerto Rico specimens lost. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:15 [ref. 15502]. Lectotype selected by González-Acosta et al. 2007:115 [ref. 32146]. •Valid as Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Deckert & Greenfield 1987:189 [ref. 6778], Cervigón 1992:327 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:172 [ref. 24474], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:172 [ref. 22947], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:328 [ref. 24550], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639] with Valenciennes as author, Gilmore & Greenfield 2003:1519 [ref. 27093], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:84 [ref. 27192] with Valenciennes as author, Nelson et al. 2004:144 [ref. 27807], González-Acosta et al. 2005:661 [ref. 28660], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:356 [ref. 28815], González-Acosta et al. 2007:114 [ref. 32146], Di Dario et al. 2013:264 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:148 [ref. 32708], González-Acosta & Rodiles-Hernández 2013:308 [ref. 32753], González-Acosta & Rodiles-Hernández 2013:308 [ref. 32753], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Martínez-Guevara et al. 2016:395 [ref. 34136], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Spier et al. 2018:12 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:7 [ref. 36717], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:496 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:161 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:58 [ref. 40710]). Current status: Valid as Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: South Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including western and southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

patao, Gerres Poey [F.] 1860:192 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 23151 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:203 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Deckert & Greenfield 1987:189 [ref. 6778]. González-Acosta et al. 2007:114 [ref. 32146]). Current status: Synonym of Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier 1830). Gerreidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.