smithi, Elops McBride [R. S.], Rocha [C. R.], Ruiz-Carus [R.] & Bowen [B. W.] 2010:31, Fig. 1 [Zootaxa No. 2346; ref. 30702] Guyana. Holotype: UF 45683. Paratypes: UF 11269 (2), 45682 (1); GCRL 11950 (4), 12733 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen 2010 -- (Di Dario et al. 2013:262 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:168 [ref. 32953], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:21 [ref. 33341], Petry et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34966] as cf. smithi, Nión et al. 2016:24 [ref. 35565], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38945], Bovcon et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 38999], Sousa et al. 2022:2 [ref. 40398], Angulo et al. 2023:13 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:47 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen 2010. Elopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: east coast of U.S.A. south to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; waifs in Bermuda and in Patagonia (Argentina). Habitat: marine.