Species that contain: Stellifer and brasiliensis [ 1 ] records

brasiliensis, Ophioscion Schultz [L. P.] 1945:(126) 128, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 96 (no. 3192); ref. 10151] Sand bar at Barro Santos, Brazil. Holotype: USNM 87742. Paratypes: USNM 122611 (1). •Valid as Stellifer brasiliensis (Schultz 1945) -- (Chao 1978:41 [ref. 6983], Cervigón 1992:413 [ref. 23827], Andreata & Séret 1996:587 [ref. 16204], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:89 [ref. 27192], Di Dario et al. 2013:264 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:933 [ref. 37496], Marceniuk et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35324], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Parenti 2020:51 [ref. 37439], Chao et al. 2021:461 [ref. 38395], Marceniuk et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:648 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:182 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Stellifer brasiliensis (Schultz 1945). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bahia south to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: brackish, marine.