Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from New England, USA, to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) WK, KP, Es and BF (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2016), population trend decreasing. Literature: Villa (1982: 171; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 45, as Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters 1869) — misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3684; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).