mediterraneum, Diagramma Guichenot [A.] 1850:45, Pl. 3 [Histoire naturelle des reptiles et poissons; ref. 1940] Algeria, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7806. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:34 [ref. 21546]. •Valid as Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Guichenot 1850) -- (Roux 1973:394 [ref. 7200], Ben-Tuvia & McKay in Whitehead et al. 1986:861 [ref. 13676], Roux 1990:785 [ref. 18781], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Lipej et al. 1996:805 [ref. 38279], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:177 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:146 [ref. 39343], Snoeks & Vreven 2007:425 [ref. 30079] with author as Quichenot, Lipej & Dulčić 2010:46 [ref. 36649], Carpenter & Johnson in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2560 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:262 [ref. 37250], Parenti 2019:182 [ref. 37021], Reiner 2019:211 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2020:37 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:68 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:279 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Guichenot 1850). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea: east to Adriatic Sea; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Namibia, including Madeira (Portugal), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.