stipes, Atherina Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Schomburgk 1848:671 [16] [The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions.; ref. 17812] Barbados, West Indies. Syntypes: ZMB 1889 (3). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:177 [ref. 19981]. Genus misspelled Acherina. Appeared first as above; reprinted in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1848:16. •Valid as Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel 1848) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:112 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:233 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:262 [ref. 23827], Gamboa Pérez 1992:310 [ref. 38704], Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:898 [ref. 22829], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:883 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:200 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:66 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:14 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:99 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:3 [ref. 33189], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:31 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:151 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho 2023:94 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel 1848). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to northeastern Brazil, including southern and eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Introduced in eastern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.