filamentosus, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:158 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Saint-Denis, Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-8633. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:55 [ref. 20898] with 8633 as holotype. Based on a specimen and an illustration from Malacca so syntypes; the available specimen should be selected as lectotype. Lectotype selected by Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:420 [ref. 35983]. •Valid as Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:158 [ref. 29757], Smith & Smith 1986:582 [ref. 5710], Randall 1995:224 [ref. 22896], Goren & Dor 1994:43 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:292 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:214 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:218 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:100 [ref. 36273], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:418 [ref. 35983], Eagderi et al. 2019:113 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2019:73 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:291 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.