aries, Sargus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:58 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8568 (1) Rio de Janeiro, 0000-8574 (1) Lake Maracaibo. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:57-58 [ref. 20898] as holotype and paratype. •Synonym of Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792), but a valid subspecies -- (Lee et al. 1980:754 [ref. 22416], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:177 [ref. 22947], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:352 [ref. 24550]). •Synonym of Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792) -- (Carpenter 2003:1559 [ref. 27092]). •Valid as Archosargus aries (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:85 [ref. 27192], Parenti 2019:71 [ref. 36892], Carvalho-Filho 2023:169 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Archosargus aries (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic Belize south to Santa Catarina (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.