brachypterus, Thynnus Cuvier [G.] 1829:198 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Blanc 1961:376 [ref. 20733], Blanc & Bauchot 1964:454-455, Fig. 32 [ref. 20804] with syntypes for 1831 publication; Collette 1966:370-371 [ref. 14641] with no types; Postel 1973:467 [ref. 7208] with lectotype and paralectotypes. In the section Thynnus but as Sc. [= Scomber] brachypterus; based on Rondelet 1554:245 and on Duhamel du Monceau 1769:Pl. 7 (fig. 5). Also appeared as Thynnus brachypterus in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:98, Pl. 211 [ref. 1000], and based on specimens which later workers regarded as types. •Synonym of Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Postel 1973:476 [ref. 7208]). •Synonym of Sarda sarda (Bloch 1793) -- (Collette & Chao 1975:607 [ref. 5573], Collette & Nauen 1983:53 [ref. 5375], Collette 1990:985 [ref. 19476], Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27312]). Current status: Synonym of Sarda sarda (Bloch 1793). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.