Species that contain: Plagioscion and auratus [ 4 ] records

auratus, Johnius Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:12, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Río Ucayali, Amazon basin, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7622. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:12 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Chao 1978:43 [ref. 6983], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Keith et al. 2000:136 [ref. 24547], Soares & Casatti 2000:512 [ref. 24955], Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera 2001:66 [ref. 25927], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:601 [ref. 27061], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27192], Casatti 2005:50 [ref. 28401], Parenti 2020:43 [ref. 37439], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:282 [ref. 40783]). Current status: Valid as Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855). Sciaenidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Orinoco and rivers of the Guianas (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

iquitensis, Plagioscion auratus Nakashima [S.] 1941:67, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 16); ref. 13189] Iquitos, Amazon system, northeastern Peru. Types: ?MHNJP [= MUSM]. Apparently as a subspecies of Johnius auratus Castelnau 1855. Name is in competition in same article with Plagioscion squamosissimus iquitensis Nakashima 1941:68 [ref. 13189]; first reviser not researched. •Synonym of Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:601 [ref. 27061], Parenti 2020:43 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater.

iquitensis, Plagioscion squamosissimus Nakashima [S.] 1941:68, Unnumbered fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 16); ref. 13189] Iquitos, Amazon system, northeastern Peru. Types: ?MHNJP [= MUSM] (not found). Apparently as a subspecies of Sciaena squamosissima Heckel 1840. Name is in competition in same article with Plagioscion auratus iquitensis Nakashima 1941:67 [ref. 13189]; first reviser not researched. •Synonym of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel 1840) -- (Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:601 [ref. 27061], Casatti 2005:42 [ref. 28401], Mirande & Koerber 2015:55 [ref. 35117], Parenti 2020:44 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel 1840). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater.

monacantha, Corvina Cope [E. D.] 1867:402 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13); ref. 18027] Near Paramaribo, Suriname. Holotype (unique): ANSP 11519. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:152 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Plagioscion monacantha (Cope 1867) -- (Chao 1978:44 [ref. 6983]). •Synonym of Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855) -- (Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:601 [ref. 27061], Casatti 2005:50 [ref. 28401], Parenti 2020:43 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau 1855). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater.