Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:277 Masc. Sparus aurata Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:281 [ref. 447]. On Official List (Direction 34, supplement to Opinion 69). •Valid as Sparus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:405 [ref. 7192], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:178 [ref. 6441], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:906 [ref. 13676], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:403 [ref. 23876], Parin 2003:S12 [ref. 28536], Chiba et al. 2009:167 [ref. 30869], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:49 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:370 [ref. 33547], Golani & Fricke 2018:101 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2019:88 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Valid as Sparus Linnaeus 1758. Sparidae.