maena, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:278 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Spicara maena (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Tortonese et al. 1973:417 [ref. 7202], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:910 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1990:769 [ref. 18769], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:99 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S13 [ref. 28536], Fricke et al. 2007:89 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:106 [ref. 30517], Bañon et al. 2010:18 [ref. 31029]). Current status: Valid as Spicara maena (Linnaeus 1758). Centracanthidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Morocco and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.