mediterraneus, Caranx trachurus var. Steindachner [F.] 1868:383 [33] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 57 (1. abth.); ref. 14080] Mediterranean Sea. On p. 33 of separate. Described as "Variatio mediterranea..." •Valid as Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner 1868) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:381 [ref. 7198], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:841 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:752 [ref. 18644], Nekrasov 1994:29 [ref. 24544], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:86 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S8 [ref. 28536], Golani 2005:40 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:85 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:93 [ref. 30517], Fricke 2008:33 [ref. 30182], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:171 [ref. 31251], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:45 [ref. 36649], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2509 [ref. 34618], Martins & Carneiro 2018:132 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:556 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:256 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:63 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:36 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:82 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:51 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:46 [ref. 39014], Vasco-Rodrigues et al. 2021:401 [ref. 39297], Niță et al. 2022:72 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner 1868). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Senegal, including Madeira. Habitat: brackish, marine.