phenax, Mycteroperca falcata var. Jordan [D. S.] & Swain [J.] 1884:363 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 447); ref. 9337] Key West and Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: BMNH 1884.7.7.187 (1), USNM 34992 (1). •Valid as Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain 1884 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:135 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:141 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:348 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:108 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:432 [ref. 23827], Heemstra & Randall 1993:271 [ref. 21042], Grace et al. 1994:39 [ref. 25512], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Musick 2000:17 [ref. 24959], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Heemstra et al. 2003:1358 [ref. 27060], Morato et al. 2004:281 [ref. 27533], Smith et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:169 [ref. 28815], Craig et al. 2011:311 [ref. 31786], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100], Carneiro et al. 2019:245 [ref. 37250], Parenti & Randall 2020:89 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:525 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:121 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Mycteroperca phenax Jordan & Swain 1884. Epinephelidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to northern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Azores. Habitat: brackish, marine.