Species that contain: Menticirrhus and nasus [ 2 ] records

nasus, Umbrina Günther [A.] 1868:426, Figs. [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14); ref. 1994] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.9.23.17. •Valid as Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:162 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:126 [ref. 23101], Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1473 [ref. 22830], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:308 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:374 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:407 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:147 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:127 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:152 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:403 [ref. 34894], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439], Marceniuk et al. 2020:328 [ref. 37705], Love et al. 2021:166 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:209 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:396 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

simus, Menticirrhus Jordan [D. S.] & Eigenmann [C. H.] 1889:427 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 14 (for 1886) (art. 3); ref. 2439] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico; Panama (Pacific). Holotype: USNM 28292. •Valid as Menticirrus simus Jordan & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:52 [ref. 39147]). •Synonym of Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868) -- (Chao in Fischer et al. 1995:1473 [ref. 22830], Parenti 2020:29 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Menticirrhus nasus (Günther 1868). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.