Species that contain: Strongylura and scapularis [ 2 ] records

jordani, Tylosurus Starks [E. C.] 1906:781, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 30 (no. 1468); ref. 10101] Guayaquil, western Ecuador. Holotype (unique): USNM 53469. Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:5 [ref. 19410]. •Synonym of Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306]). Current status: Synonym of Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Belonidae. Habitat: marine.

scapularis, Tylosurus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:307 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 1 (for 1881); ref. 2471] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Syntypes: USNM 29427 (1, not found in 1980), 29435 (missing; listed on USNM ledger as Centropomus armatus), 29438 (1, not found in 1980). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1992:5 [ref. 19410]. •Synonym of Tylosurus exilis (Girard 1854) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:205 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Collette & Berry 1965:392 [ref. 13367], Allen & Robertson 1994:90 [ref. 22193], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:924 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:106 [ref. 24555], Lovejoy & Collette 2001:329 [ref. 25232], Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306], Banford et al. 2004:834 [ref. 27645], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:402 [ref. 34894], González-Murcia et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36544], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:189 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Belonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to northern Peru. Habitat: marine.