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Corvina Cuvier [G.] 1829:173 Fem. Sciaena nigra Forsskål 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Species cited by Cuvier as "(Sciaena nigra Gm.) Bl. 297." with more species listed in footnote. Type designated by Gill 1862:85 [ref. 1771] as Corvina nigra Cuvier, which apparently goes back to Forsskål. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Corvina Hahn 1822 in Aves. •Synonym of Sciaena Linnaeus 1758 -- (Trewavas 1973:396 [ref. 7201], Parin 2003:S13 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2020:49 [ref. 37439]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sciaena Linnaeus 1758. Sciaenidae.


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