emarginatus, Cantharus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:338 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8808 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:41 [ref. 20898]. •Valid as Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:594 [ref. 5710], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:241 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:221 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2019:57 [ref. 36892], Russell & van Oijen 2021:426 [ref. 38177], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:315 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Madagascar. Habitat: brackish, marine.