altus, Smaris Osório [B.] 1917:125, Pl. 7 [= Pl. 35] [Arquivo da Universidade de Lisboa v. 4; ref. 3318] Coast of Morocco, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MB (destroyed by fire 1978). •Doubtful species -- (Tortonese et al. 1973:417 [ref. 7202]). •Valid as Spicara alta (Osório 1917) -- (Heemstra 1990:769 [ref. 18769], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2615 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:54 [ref. 36892], Reiner 2019:218 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:282 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Spicara altum (Osório 1917) -- (Chris Scharpf, pers. comm., Aug. 2020). Current status: Valid as Spicara altum (Osório 1917). Sparidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.