rhonchus, Caranx Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1817:no page number, Pl. 24 (figs. 1-2) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4184] Alexandria, Egypt, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MMHN A.5977. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:17 [ref. 12247]. Sometimes spelled rhoncus in early literature. •Valid as Decapterus rhonchus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:314 [ref. 6207], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:673 [ref. 21590], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826] as "Decapterus", Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2488 [ref. 34618]). •Valid as Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817 -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:375 [ref. 7198], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:827 [ref. 13676] with genus as "Caranx", Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:734 [ref. 18644], Afonso et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25466], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:84 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:39 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:84 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2007:32 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32972], Martins & Carneiro 2018:133 [ref. 36550], Carneiro et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36864], Reiner 2019:195 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:59 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:49 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:45 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:238 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817. Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Namibia, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.