Atropus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 Masc. Brama atropos Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Based on "Les Atropus" Cuvier 1816:324 [ref. 993] (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). See also Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396] for possible earlier date [not investigated]. •Valid as Atropus Oken 1817 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:157 [ref. 6441], Kijima et al. 1986:841 [ref. 6320], Gushiken 1988:443 [ref. 6697], Lin & Shao 1999:49 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2665 [ref. 24833], Kimura et al. 2022:34 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Atropus Oken 1817. Carangidae: Caranginae.