cromis, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:479 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.]; Brazil; Jamaica. No types known. Based on multiple sources, including the Cromis subargenteus oblongus of Browne 1756:449 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica], Coracinus brasiliensis guatucupa of Ray 1713:96 [ref. 30231] [Brazil], 'Gvatvcvpa' of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:177 [ref. 30347] [Brazil], and 'Drum' in manuscript description by A. Garden [South Carolina]. •Valid as Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Bleakney 1963:173 [ref. 41579], Chao 1978:34 [ref. 6983], Robins & Ray 1986:188 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:392 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:151 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:147 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:410 [ref. 23827], Murdy et al. 1997:192 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:365 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:409 [ref. 25838], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:114 [ref. 25942], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:444 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808] as chromis, Chao 2003:1636 [ref. 27097], Casatti & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:89 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:148 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:442 [ref. 28815], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32708], Fabiano et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33530], Nión et al. 2016:49 [ref. 35565], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:4 [ref. 36717], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439], Bagley et al. 2023:324 [ref. 41241], Carvalho-Filho 2023:181 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus 1766). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada) south to Florida (U.S.A.), including northern and western Gulf of Mexico. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.