vulgaris, Dentex Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:220, Pl. 153 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9121 (1) Nice, A-8111 (1, dry) Iviça. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:50 [ref. 20898]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Dentex vulgaris Risso 1827. •Valid as Dentex vulgaris Valenciennes 1830 -- (Herrera 1896:54 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Dentex dentex (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Tortonese 1973:407 [ref. 7192], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:887 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:793 [ref. 18793], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:90 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:42 [ref. 37112], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:47 [ref. 36649], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2587 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:60 [ref. 36892]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Dentex dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.