Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815)

Silurus marinus Mitchill, 1815: 433. Type locality: New York, U.S.A. No types known.

Galeichthys parrae Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 33. Type locality: New York, New Orleans and Charlestown, U.S.A.; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 1565, New Orleans; MNHN A-8988, New York; MNHN A-9367 (dry), New York; MNHN B-0056, New York; MNHN B-0074, Brazil.

Galeichthys blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 44. Type locality: Surinam and Bahia, Brazil. No types known.

Galeichthys bahiensis Castelnau, 1855: 37, pl. 18 (fig. 1). Type locality: Bahia, Brazil. Holotype: MNHN B-692.

Aelurichthys longispinis Günther, 1864: 178. Type Locality: South America and Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1976.2.18.1; BMNH 1976.2.18.2.

Distribution: Eastern America.

Countries: United States, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guyana and Brazil.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 380 mm TL.

Material examined: AMNH 52052 (8 al, 139-163 mm TL), USA, Alabama, Mobile Dauphin Island and Vicinity; MZUSP 22201 (2 al) (1 c&s), without collecting data; MZUSP 24489 (1 al), Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Ponta Grossa.