lyricus, Gobius Girard [C. F.] 1858:169 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] Brazos Santiago, Texas, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 646. Paralectotypes: USNM 107778 [ex USNM 646] (7). See also Girard 1859:25, Pl. 12 (figs. 4-5) [ref. 13405]. Lectotype selected by Ginsburg 1931:120 [ref. 22418]. •Valid as Evorthodus lyricus (Girard 1858) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:248 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:163 [ref. 23239], Gamboa Pérez 1992:329 [ref. 38704], Cervigón 1994:168 [ref. 24488], Murdy et al. 1997:212 [ref. 23144], McKay & Miller 1997:1466 [ref. 24951], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:428 [ref. 24550], Schwartz 1999:284 [ref. 25307], Marín 2000:78 [ref. 26252], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27621], Ross & Rhode 2004:309 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:702 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:396 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:24 [ref. 31241], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:24 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:1008 [ref. 33194], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:78 [ref. 33341], Schmidt & McMullin 2015:4 [ref. 36603], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:411 [ref. 35886], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:241 [ref. 38945], Schmidt et al. 2022:N31 [ref. 39294], Angulo et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:238 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Evorthodus lyricus (Girard 1858). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.