afra, Sphyraena Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1844:32 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844; ref. 13442] St. Paolo de Loanda [Luanda], Angola. No types known. •Valid as Sphyraena afra Peters 1844 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], de Sylva 1990:860 [ref. 19190], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:790 [ref. 21590], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:167 [ref. 25472], Russell in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2868 [ref. 34618], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Fermon et al. 2022:229 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena afra Peters 1844. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Namibia. Habitat: marine.