Crenilabrus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182a Masc. Labrus lapina Forsskål 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Swainson 1839:229 [ref. 4303] fixed the type as verres Bloch; if accepted would upset current usage. Bonaparte 1841:puntata 156, fasc. 30 [ref. 512] designated pavo (not an included species = lapina) which is usually cited as the type. Based on"Les Crénilabres" of Cuvier 1816:262 [ref. 993]; also 1814:89 [ref. 4884]. See Jordan 1917:101 [ref. 2407] and Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]. •Valid as Crenilabrus Oken 1817 -- (Reshetnikov 1998:122 [ref. 23570], Vasil'eva 2007:116 [ref. 30517], Parin et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Symphodus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:434 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:931 [ref. 13676], Parenti & Randall 2000:41 [ref. 24943], Parin 2003:S18 [ref. 28536]). Current status: Synonym of Symphodus Rafinesque 1810. Labridae.