macrocephalus, Pagrus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:222, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [not Pl. 3 (fig. 1)] [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Gulf of Pechili; Oriental Sea, Beijing [Peking], China. No types at ZIN. •Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Sadovy & Cornish 2000:137 [ref. 25480]). •Valid as Sparus macrocephalus (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:299 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:225 [ref. 26566]). •In genus Pagrus and may be a synonym of Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006:14-15 [ref. 28673]). •Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Kume & Yoshino 2008:53 [ref. 29572], Parin et al. 2014:367 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2019:70 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.