Species that contain: Sphyraena and forsteri [ 4 ] records

ensis, Sphyraena Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:106, footnote [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 2 (for 1882); ref. 18357] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 28210, 28297, 28373, 29223, 29536, 29611. Based on the description of Sphyraena forsteri (non Cuvier 1829) of Steindachner 1878:380 [4] [ref. 4226], from Cape St. Lucas (Baja California Sur, Mexico) to Panama. •Valid as Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:29 [ref. 39147], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:195 [ref. 22193], Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995:1620 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:833 [ref. 41086], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:193 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:460 [ref. 24550], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:124 [ref. 25206], Shane 2001:160 [ref. 25756], Nelson et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:165 [ref. 37547], Béarez 2008:95 [ref. 30486], Page et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:150 [ref. 34871], Kells et al. 2016:310 [ref. 35888], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:299 [ref. 36544], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Love et al. 2021:209 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:221 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to northern Chile, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Malpelo Island (Colombia). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

forsteri, Sphyraena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:353 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] New Guinea. Neotype: MNHN A-3537. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:676, 721 [ref. 21541]. As Sphyraena forsteri? Originally based on a drawing of fish from Tahiti. Neotype designated by Klausewitz & Bauchot 1967:117 [ref. 20910]. •Valid as Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829 -- (de Sylva 1975:80 [ref. 6302], Kyushin et al. 1977:60 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:47 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:194 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:121 [ref. 6441], de Sylva & Williams 1986:724 [ref. 6301], Winterbottom et al. 1989:51 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:292 [ref. 15987], Gomon et al. 1994:665 [ref. 22532], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:295 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:52 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:368 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:196 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:220 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:292 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:276 [ref. 23965], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1335 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Senou 2001:3692 [ref. 26303], Nakabo 2002:1335 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:208 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27624], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:41 [ref. 27712], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:374 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:607 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:498 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1750 [ref. 29049], Gomon 2008:775 [ref. 30616], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1038 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:214 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:309 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:208 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:340 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:358 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:120 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:226 [ref. 36460], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Eagderi et al. 2019:116 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 17 [ref. 38321], Morishita et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37447], Psomadakis et al. 2020:564 [ref. 37272], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:248 [ref. 40160], Vilasri et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Perisan Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

goodingi, Sphyraena Seale [A.] 1906:18, Fig. 4 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands, southern Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 2112. •Synonym of Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829 -- (de Sylva 1975:81 [ref. 6302]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829. Sphyraenidae. Habitat: marine.

toxeuma, Sphyraena Fowler [H. W.] 1904:502, Pl. 9 (middle fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 27470. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:157 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829 -- (de Sylva 1975:81 [ref. 6302], de Sylva & Williams 1986:724 [ref. 6301], Gomon et al. 1994:666 [ref. 22532], Randall 1995:368 [ref. 22896], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:248 [ref. 40160]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier 1829. Sphyraenidae. Habitat: marine.