Species that contain: Oligoplites and saurus and saurus [ 10 ] records

argenteus, Centronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:309, 316 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Equatorial America. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:50 [ref. 12247]. New name for Gasterosteus occidentalis Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

inornatus, Oligoplites Gill [T. N.] 1863:166 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 30959. Type catalog: Smith 2018:72 [ref. 36061]. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:972 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:276 [ref. 24550]). •See Grove & Lavenberg 1997:368 [ref. 24023]. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1891), but a valid subspecies inornatus Gill 1863 -- (Smith-Vaniz 2003:1453 [ref. 27083]). •Valid as Oligoplites inornatus Gill 1863. Current status: Valid as Oligoplites inornatus Gill 1863. Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: brackish, marine.

lanceolatus, Chorinemus Girard [C. F.] 1858:168 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] St. Joseph Island, Texas, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 710. See also Girard 1859:21, Pl. 11 (fig. 5) [ref. 13405]. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106]). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

occidentalis, Chorinemus Günther [A.] 1860:475 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Western Atlantic and West Indies. Syntypes: BMNH 1839.12.29.12-13 (2, stuffed), BMNH 1848.1.12.1171-1178 (8, LHS skins), BMNH 1859.3.13.18 (1), BMNH 1847.5.14.33 (1), BMNH 1850.6.7.36-37 (2), BMNH 1844.5.14.66 (1). •Regarded as available and as a synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106]). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

occidentalis, Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:295 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America. No types known. See comments for Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider 1801. •In the synonymy of Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Bloch & Schneider 1801: 32 [ref. 471]). •In the synonymy of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: marine.

quiebra, Chorinemus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:396 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Brazil; Martinique Island, West Indies; Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN A-5487 (1, dry) Brazil, A-6653 (1) Martinique. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:21 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

quiebra, Lichia Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:365 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Brazil and Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN A-6899 (1) Rio de Janeiro. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:23 [ref. 12247] with MNHN A.6899 as holotype. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106] with question). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rathbuni, Oligoplites Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1915:Carangidae p. 8 [Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro v. 17; ref. 3711] Bahia market, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 2934. Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:395 [ref. 12732]. On p. 88 when continuously paginated. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106]). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

saltans, Chorinemus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:393 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Martinique Island, West Indies; Brazil; Santo Domingo. Syntypes: MNHN A-6590 to 6592 (1, 2, 2) Santo Domingo, A-6594 (1) Martinique, Brazilian specimens not found. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:21, 50 [ref. 12247]. Not regarded by us as a replacement name; based on specimens and literataure. •Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106]). Current status: Synonym of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

saurus, Scomber Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Browne) 1801:32 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Jamaica. No types known. Based on "The leather-coat, Saurus" of Browne 1789: 452, Pl. 46 (fig. 2) [ref. 669], and Gasterosteus occidentalis Linnaeus 1758. Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider 1801 is in prevailing usage, and here declared a nomen protectum. •Valid as Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:221 [ref. 7106], Villa 1982:168 [ref. 36708], Robins & Ray 1986:163 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:132 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:290 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:87 [ref. 24474], Allen & Robertson 1994:127 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:104 [ref. 23101], Smith-Vaniz in Fischer et al. 1995:972 [ref. 22829], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:151 [ref. 22947], Murdy et al. 1997:172 [ref. 23144], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:91 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:367 [ref. 24023], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:283 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:276 [ref. 24550], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:418 [ref. 26158] as subspecies saurus, Marín 2000:73 [ref. 26252], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], López et al. 2002:64 [ref. 26808], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1453 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:81 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:118 [ref. 37547], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:288 [ref. 28815], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Matamoros et al. 2009:17 [ref. 31241], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Angulo et al. 2013:1000 [ref. 33194], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32708], Barriga Salazar 2014:119 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:396 [ref. 34894], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Nión et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35324], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:435 [ref. 35886], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Love et al. 2021:154 [ref. 39279], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:352 [ref. 38945], Angulo et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:142 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:129 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:212 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Eastern Pacific populations are now classified as Oligoplites inornatus Gill 1863. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.