tinca, Serranus Cantraine [F. J.] 1833:176 [Nuovo Giornale de'letterati; Academia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 26; ref. 19960] Port of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Also appeared in Cantraine 1835:207 [ref. 17346] and Cantraine 1838:4 [ref. 21344]. •Nomen nudum, in the synonymy of Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch 1793) -- (Smith 1990:701 [ref. 18227]). •Synonym of Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch 1793) -- (Tortonese 1973:360 [ref. 7192], Heemstra 1991:53 [ref. 19323] with question, Heemstra & Randall 1993:275 [ref. 21042] with question, Parenti & Randall 2020:89 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Uncertain as Mycteroperca rubra (Bloch 1793). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.