“…The specimen was morphologically identified based on the following diagnostic characters proposed by Stehmann et al (1978), indicated in the original description (Werner, 1904) State; see Figure 1). This area comprises estuaries, other sandy or muddy bottoms, and reef environments located on the coastlines of the Brazilian States of Pará (Barthem, 1985;Camargo & Isaac, 2001;Freitas et al, 2019b;Pinheiro & Frédou, 2004;Rodrigues-Filho et al, 2020;Santo et al, 2005;Silva et al, 2016), Maranhão (Almeida et al, 2011;Aragão et al, 2019;Guimarães-Costa et al, 2019;Lessa, 1986;Martins-Juras et al, 1987;Nunes et al, 2005Nunes et al, , 2011Rocha & Rosa, 2001;Silva et al, 2018), Piauí (Aragão et al, 2019;Guimarães-Costa et al, 2019;Mai et al, 2012;Melo et al, 2016) and…”