barbatus, Mullus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:299 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea; northern Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.14 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), ?LS 3 (right half-skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:222 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:248 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1985:62 [ref. 20705]. •Valid as Mullus barbatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:54 [ref. 39336], Hureau 1973:402 [ref. 7197], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:878 [ref. 13676], Ben-Tuvia 1990:827 [ref. 17305], Coad 1995:28 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Arruda 1997:88 [ref. 24952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:751 [ref. 24702], Popova 1998:122 [ref. 23588], Apostolidis et al. 2001:902 [ref. 25470], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:101 [ref. 26753], Kim 2002:61 [ref. 26347], Parin 2003:S14 [ref. 28536], Golani 2005:46 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:90 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:111 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:51 [ref. 36649], Vasil'eva 2011:18 [ref. 31221], Vasil'eva 2012:485 [ref. 32476], Parin et al. 2014:374 [ref. 33547], Golani in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2658 [ref. 34618], Martins & Carneiro 2018:166 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:277 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:78 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:88 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:59 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39014], Echreshavi et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39234], Niță et al. 2022:98 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Mullus barbatus Linnaeus 1758. Mullidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Senegal, including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: brackish, marine.