Acanthopagrus (subgenus of Chrysophrys) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:242 Masc. Chrysophrys vagus Peters 1852. Type by monotypy. Appeared as "64, Chrysophrys (Acanthopagrus) vagus Pet." in the Arch. Naturgesch., v. 21:242 and not on the corresponding p. 435 in ref. 3449 (see note under ref. 3449). •Valid as Acanthopagrus Peters 1855 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:178 [ref. 6441], Smith & Smith 1986:581 [ref. 5710], Bauchot & Skelton 1986:331 [ref. 6210], Ataur Rahman 1989:326 [ref. 24860], Gomon et al. 1994:599 [ref. 22532], Popova 1998:121 [ref. 23588], Carpenter 2001:2993 [ref. 26104], Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Ataur Rahman 2003:352 [ref. 31338], Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006:1 [ref. 28673], Bray et al. 2006:1226 [ref. 29091], Iwatsuki et al. 2006:406 [ref. 29239], Kume & Yoshino 2008:47 [ref. 29572], Dolganov et al. 2008:220 [ref. 29802], Gomon 2008:588 [ref. 30616], Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2009:43 [ref. 30528], Chiba et al. 2009:167 [ref. 30869], Coad 2010:262 [ref. 36620], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2010:123 [ref. 30738], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2011:38 [ref. 31505], Marshall 2011:263 [ref. 31755], Iwatsuki 2013:1[64] [ref. 32744], Kottelat 2013:352 [ref. 32989], Saddiqui et al. 2014:73 [ref. 33479], Parin et al. 2014:367 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Trnski & Roberts 2015:1286 [ref. 34203], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Motomura et al. 2017:153 [ref. 35490], Esmaeili et al. 2018:78 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:218 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:100 [ref. 36273], Kuiter 2018:66 [ref. 36369], Pombo-Ayora et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39454]). Current status: Valid as Acanthopagrus Peters 1855. Sparidae.