xanthurus, Leiostomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:438, 439, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7599 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:13 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède 1802 -- (Chao 1978:29 [ref. 6983], Lee et al. 1980:759 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:433 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:188 [ref. 23100], Govoni 1987:1041 [ref. 22449], Boschung 1992:145 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:203 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:374 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:406 [ref. 25838], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:440 [ref. 26158], Chao 2003:1622 [ref. 27097], Nelson et al. 2004:147 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:608 [ref. 27995], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:430 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:152 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:357 [ref. 35886], Parenti 2020:26 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède 1802. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts south to northern Florida (U.S.A.); Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.