brama, Pterycombus Fries [B. F.] 1837:15, Pl. 2 [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm Series 3, v. 25; ref. 1501] Ishafvet, off Norway. No types known. •Valid as Pterycombus brama Fries 1837 -- (Mead 1972:93 [ref. 6976], Mead 1973:388 [ref. 7199], Haedrich in Whitehead et al. 1986:850 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:166 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:385 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:148 [ref. 14674], Gomes 1990:761 [ref. 18692], Thompson & Russell 1996:196 [ref. 23156], Santos et al. 1997:88 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:87 [ref. 24952], Moore et al. 2003:226 [ref. 27076], Thompson 2003:1472 [ref. 27088], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:308 [ref. 28815], Fricke 2007:27 [ref. 30577], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30553], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], González-Lorenzo et al. 2014:297 [ref. 33191], Parin et al. 2014:365 [ref. 33547], Bañón et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34397], Haedrich in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2518 [ref. 34630], Carneiro et al. 2019:259 [ref. 37250], Sutton et al. 2020:274 [ref. 37832], Bañón & Maño 2021:84 [ref. 38887], Fermon et al. 2022:215 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pterycombus brama Fries 1837. Bramidae. Distribution: Western Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic. Habitat: marine.