marginatus, Trachinotus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:411 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Montevideo, Uruguay. Syntypes: MNHN A-6822 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:29 [ref. 12247]. •Valid as Trachinotus marginatus Cuvier 1832 -- (Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:399 [ref. 24427], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1436 [ref. 27083], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Fabiano et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33530], Nión et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho 2023:149 [ref. 40480], Koerber & Fricke 2024:43 [ref. 41785]). Current status: Valid as Trachinotus marginatus Cuvier 1832. Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to Uruguay. IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.