dorsalis, Vomer Gill [T. N.] 1863:436 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (no. 9 [2nd]); ref. 1669] St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. Holotype: BMNH 1855.8.16.86. •Synonym of Vomer setapinnis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:384 [ref. 7198]). •Valid as Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863) -- (Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:835 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:656 [ref. 5718], Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:318 [ref. 6207], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1990:745 [ref. 18644], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:675 [ref. 21590], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:158 [ref. 25472], Afonso et al. 1999:74 [ref. 25466], Castro-Hernández 2001:333 [ref. 26421], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1457 [ref. 27083], Wirtz et al. 2007:33 [ref. 30263], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:31 [ref. 31826], Wirtz et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2496 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:269 [ref. 37509], Carneiro et al. 2019:254 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:198 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2021:46 [ref. 39014], Tiralongo & Azzurro in Tsagarakis et al. 2021:631 [ref. 38798], Fermon et al. 2022:239 [ref. 39448], Kimura et al. 2022:25 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Selene dorsalis (Gill 1863). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Southwestern Mediterranean Sea: eastern Strait of Gibraltar; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to South Africa, including Madeira, Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.