prayensis, Upeneus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:485 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Port Praya, Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1925. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1985:9 [ref. 20735]. •Valid as Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Hureau 1973:403 [ref. 7197], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:880 [ref. 13676], Ben-Tuvia 1990:828 [ref. 17305], Afonso et al. 1999:75 [ref. 25466], Apostolidis et al. 2001:902 [ref. 25470], Kim 2002:63 [ref. 26347], Mercader 2002:235 [ref. 26558], Wirtz et al. 2007:36 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32972], Bos 2014:752 [ref. 33550], Golani in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2660 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:227 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:132 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2021:72 [ref. 39014], Echreshavi et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39234], Fermon et al. 2022:217 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier 1829). Mullidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including Canmary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.