cernium, Polyprion Valenciennes [A.] 1824:268, Pl. 17 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 11; ref. 4499] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7541 (1) Naples, A-7715 (1, dry) Cape of Good Hope. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:79 [ref. 12478]. Also appeared as new in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:21, Pl. 42 [ref. 4879]. •Synonym of Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Tortonese 1973:361 [ref. 7192], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:788 [ref. 13676], Smith 1990:703 [ref. 18227], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:76 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:41 [ref. 36649], Roberts in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2355 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:50 [ref. 36742]). Current status: Synonym of Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Polyprionidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.