Diplodus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:26, 54 Masc. Sparus annularis Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Diploctus is a misspelling. •Valid as Diplodus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Tortonese 1973:408 [ref. 7192], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:890 [ref. 13676], Smith & Smith 1986:585 [ref. 5710], Popova 1998:121 [ref. 23588], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:349 [ref. 24550], Carpenter 2003:1556 [ref. 27092], Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Casu et al. 2009:142 [ref. 30209], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:47 [ref. 36649], Amir et al. 2013:220 [ref. 32960], Siddiqui at al. 2014:83 [ref. 33479], Parin et al. 2014:367 [ref. 33547], Fricke 2016:1 [ref. 34520], Golani et al. 2017:529 [ref. 35726], Fricke et al. 2018:219 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:101 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Valid as Diplodus Rafinesque 1810. Sparidae.