cinereus, Labrus Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Brünnich) 1788:118 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on Labrus sp. of Brünnich 1768:58, No. 75 [ref. 17290]. •Valid as Crenilabrus cinereus (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:751 [ref. 24702], Reshetnikov 1998:122 [ref. 23570] dated to Bonnaterre 1837, Vasil'eva 2007:116 [ref. 30517], Parin et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Lahaye 1960:577 [ref. 37475], Bauchot & Quignard 1973:435 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:933 [ref. 13676], Parenti & Randall 2000:41 [ref. 24943], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:112 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S18 [ref. 28536], Golani 2005:50 [ref. 37112], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:179 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:94 [ref. 29533], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:171 [ref. 31251], Kuiter 2010:94 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:54 [ref. 36649], Manilo 2017:29 [ref. 36241], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:284 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:75 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:38 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:89 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:67 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:70 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:90 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre 1788). Labridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Gibraltar. Habitat: brackish, marine.