rostratus, Lutjanus Bloch [M. E.] 1791:7, Pl. 254 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 5; ref. 4867] No locality [eastern Atlantic or Mediterranean]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2533. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:92 [ref. 24282]. Genus name spelled Lutianus on plate. On p. 5 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 8 [ref. 21381]. As the name is frequently used, the name rostratus is preferrred over the older scina. •Synonym of Symphodus scina (Fabricius 1775) -- (Parin et al. 2014:381 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch 1791) -- (Lahaye 1960:580 [ref. 37475], Bauchot & Quignard 1973:433 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:939 [ref. 13676], Parenti & Randall 2000:43 [ref. 24943], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:115 [ref. 26753] dated 1797, Parin 2003:S19 [ref. 28536], Golani 2005:50 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:95 [ref. 29533], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:171 [ref. 31251], Kuiter 2010:82 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:55 [ref. 36649], Manilo 2017:21 [ref. 36241], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:286 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:38 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:67 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:88 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch 1791). Labridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; western Black Sea; northeastern Atlantic: southern Portugal. Habitat: marine.