araneus, Trachinus Cuvier [G.] (ex Risso) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:248 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Naples, Italy; Palermo, Sicily; Marseille and France, western Mediterranean Sea. Types: MNHN A-3171 (1) Malta, A-3172 (1), A-3413 (1) Naples, A-5484 (1, dry) Mediterranean. •Valid as Trachinus araneus Cuvier 1829 -- (Wheeler 1973:449 [ref. 7190], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:952 [ref. 13676], Roux 1990:893 [ref. 18781], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:118 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:51 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:96 [ref. 29533], Bañon et al. 2010:20 [ref. 31029], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649], Smith in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2773 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:292 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Reiner 2019:245 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:96 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:43 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:69 [ref. 38303], Bañón & Maño 2021:79 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:82 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:291 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Trachinus araneus Cuvier 1829. Trachinidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.