auritus, Larimus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:501 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Gorée, West Africa. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6237 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:38 [ref. 21546], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:32 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Roux 1973:392 [ref. 7200], Ben-Tuvia & McKay in Whitehead et al. 1986:859 [ref. 13676], Roux 1986:327 [ref. 6209], Roux 1990:783 [ref. 18781], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:699 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:121 [ref. 24781], Snoeks & Vreven 2007:425 [ref. 30079], Wirtz et al. 2007:12, 34 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:125 [ref. 32972] needs checking, Carpenter & Johnson in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2555 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:262 [ref. 37250], Parenti 2019:153 [ref. 37021], Reiner 2019:209 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:278 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes 1832). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.