Species that contain: Pagellus and bellottii [ 5 ] records

bellottii, Pagellus Steindachner [F.] 1882:41 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 19 (no. 5) (for 9 Feb. 1882); ref. 20486] Arglim Bank, Canary Islands; Gorée, Senegal [eastern Atlantic]. Syntypes: MSNG (2). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:5 [p. 5 in separate], Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [ref. 18784]. •Valid as Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882 -- (Bauchot & Bauchot 1983:1136 [ref. 35088], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:899 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:804 [ref. 18793], Afonso et al. 1999:75 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:35 [ref. 30263], Fricke et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33592], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2605 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:273 [ref. 37509], Carneiro et al. 2019:270 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892], Reiner 2019:216 [ref. 38139] as bellotii, Golani 2021:56 [ref. 38303] with author as Streindacner, Kovačić et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:281 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882. Sparidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar south to Angola, offshore islands including Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), and São Tomé and Principe; absent from Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.

coupei, Pagellus Dieuzeide [R.] 1960:109, Figs. 1, 2, 5 [Bulletin des Travaux, Station d'Agriculture et de Pêche de Castiglione (Nouv. sér.) No. 10 (for 1958-1959); ref. 11908] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Pagellus coupei Dieuzeide 1960 -- (Tortonese 1973:412 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882 -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:899 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:804 [ref. 18793], Fricke et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33592], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2605 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882. Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

cuninghamii, Dentex Regan [C. T.] 1905:325 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 15 (no. 87) (art. 41); ref. 15381] Coast of Angola. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.2.24.6. •Synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882 -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:804 [ref. 18793], Fricke et al. 2014:2 [ref. 33592], Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882. Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

lippei, Pagellus Steindachner [F.] 1894:137 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 31 (no. 14) (for 25 May 1894); ref. 20493] Fernando Póo Island [Bioco Island], Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype (unique): NMW 61094. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1894:443, Pl. 1 [ref. 14564]. •Possible synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882 -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:804 [ref. 18793], Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Uncertain as Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882. Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Pagellus Steindachner [F.] 1903:134 [12] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 71; ref. 15046] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (several) ?NMW 77528 (2). •Synonym of as Pagellus bellottii Steindachner 1882, but a valid subspecies -- (Bauchot & Bauchot 1983:1136 [ref. 35088], Smith & Smith 1986:589 [ref. 5710], Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). •Tentatively valid as Pagellus natalensis Steindachner 1903 -- (Leis et al. 2002:367 [ref. 25993]). •Valid as Pagellus natalensis Seindachner 1903 -- (Fricke et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33592], Fricke et al. 2018:220 [ref. 35805]. Parenti 2019:66 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:304 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Pagellus natalensis Steindachner 1903. Sparidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa to southern Madagascar. Habitat: marine.