Pagellus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:169 Masc. Sparus erythrinus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared in Cuvier 1829:182 [ref. 995] but not fully written out in Latin (but as Pagr.). Type designated by Desmarest 1856:225 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:223 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarest. Pagelus is a misspelling (e.g. by Griffith 1834:164 [ref. 1908]). •Valid as Pagellus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Tortonese 1973:411 [ref. 7192], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:898 [ref. 13676], Smith & Smith 1986:589 [ref. 5710], Parin 2003:S11 [ref. 28536], Chiba et al. 2009:167 [ref. 30869], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:48 [ref. 36649], Amir et al. 2013:220 [ref. 32960], Siddiqui at al. 2014:85 [ref. 33479], Fricke et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33592], Parin et al. 2014:369 [ref. 33547], Fricke et al. 2018:220 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2019:64 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Valid as Pagellus Valenciennes 1830. Sparidae.