ronchus, Umbrina Valenciennes [A.] 1843:24 [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5764 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:20 [ref. 6382]. Neotype as BMNH 1964.12.30.1 was designated by Palmer 1966; holotype found after neotype was designated [technically the case should be submitted to the ICZN]. •Valid as Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes 1843 -- (Trewavas 1973:400-401 [ref. 7201], Trewavas 1977:281 [ref. 4459], Chao in Whitehead et al. 1986:873 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:619 [ref. 5660], Chao & Trewavas 1990:825 [ref. 18934], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:165 [ref. 25472], Randall 1995:232 [ref. 22896], Sasaki 1996:84 [ref. 22156], Carpenter et al. 1997:191 [ref. 23922], Falcón et al. 2003:145 [ref. 39343], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:272 [ref. 28072] with range change, Hutchings & Griffiths 2005:12 [ref. 40362], Wirtz et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32972], Chao in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2653 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:276 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:103 [ref. 37020], Reiner 2019:225 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2020:56 [ref. 37439], Kovačić et al. 2021:75 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:285 [ref. 39448], Sardo et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40437]). Current status: Valid as Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes 1843. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Angola, including Madeira (Portugal), Canary Island (Spain), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe; western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Oman and Persian Gulf. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.