Species that contain: Menticirrhus and martinicensis [ 3 ] records

arenata, Umbrina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:190 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7472 (1, dry), 0000-7500 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:18 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:30 [ref. 6983]). •Doubtful synonym of Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2020:325 [ref. 37705]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain as Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

januaria, Umbrina Steindachner [F.] 1876:170 [122] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: (several) not yet found at NMW. On p. 122 of separate. •Synonym of Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:30 [ref. 6983]). •Synonym of Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2020:321 [ref. 37705]). Current status: Synonym of Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

martinicensis, Umbrina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:186 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Martinique Island, West Indies. Type: MNHN 0000 7498. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:20 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chao 1978:30 [ref. 6983], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:372 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Umbrina martinicensis Cuvier 1830 -- (González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960]). •Valid as Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2020:321 [ref. 37705], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:641 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:177 [ref. 40480], Gurgel-Lourenço et al. 2023:81 [ref. 41056]). Current status: Valid as Menticirrhus martinicensis (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean region (Martinique and the West Indies) south to northern Argentina. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.