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Species that contain: Pagrus and pagrus [ 42 ] records

acarne, Pagrus Risso [A.] 1827:361 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:68 [ref. 20898]. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:40 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827) -- (Reinboth 1961:108 [ref. 37474], Tortonese 1973:411 [ref. 7192], Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:898 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:804 [ref. 18793], Santos et al. 1997:91 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:90 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:40 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:94 [ref. 26753] dated 1826, Falcón et al. 2003:145 [ref. 39343], Golani 2005:44 [ref. 37112] dated 1826, Fricke et al. 2007:88 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:48 [ref. 36649], Wirtz et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32972], Fricke et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33592], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2604 [ref. 34618], Martins & Carneiro 2018:145 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:270 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:64 [ref. 36892], Bariche & Fricke 2020:92 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:85 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:56 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39014]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827). Sparidae. Distribution: North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.

africanus, Pagrus Akazaki [M.] 1962:166, 351, Fig. 35 [Studies on the spariform fishes; ref. 5771] Cape Blanc [Blanco], [Mauritania/Spanish Sahara], northwestern coast of Africa. Holotype: FAKU 33993. Paratypes: FAKU 33994 (1). •Valid as Pagrus africanus Akazaki 1962 -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:806 [ref. 18793], Wirtz et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32972], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2608 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892], Fermon et al. 2022:281 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pagrus africanus Akazaki 1962. Sparidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

americana, Sparus aurata Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:272 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] America. •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

argenteus, Sparus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:271 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Based on Sparus pagrus of Brünnich 1768:42 and 94 [ref. 17290]. •Synonym of Sparus pagrus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:406 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arthurius, Pagrus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1906:517, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1493); ref. 2531] Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 9880. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:79 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

auratus, Labrus Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:266 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand. No types known. Based on "Sciaena aurata" in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage); see Forster 1844:307 [ref. 18092]. Schneider apparently did not see figure or specimen so authorship is regarded as Forster in Bloch & Schneider. •Valid as Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:188 [ref. 24556], Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774], Yamada in Amaoka et al. 1990:277 [ref. 16024], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:195 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:737 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3002 [ref. 26104], Bray et al. 2006:1229 [ref. 29091]). •Valid as Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Randall et al. 1990:195 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:193 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:600 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:176 [ref. 25488], Gomon 2008:589 [ref. 30616], Trnski & Roberts 2015:1288 [ref. 34203], Hoschke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2019:77 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Valid as Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Japan, China Sea; Australia, New Zealand. Habitat: brackish, marine.

auriga, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] 1843:34 [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3830 (dry). Other material: MNHN A-0682 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:54 [ref. 20898] with holotype and paratype. •Synonym of Sparus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Tortonese 1973:405 [ref. 7192]). •Valid as Argyrops auriga (Valenciennes 1843) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:122 [ref. 19754]). •Valid as Pagrus auriga Valenciennes 1843 -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:902 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:807 [ref. 18793], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:163 [ref. 25472], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:96 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:44 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:88 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32972] needs confirmation, Bañón et al. 2014:323 [ref. 33674], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2609 [ref. 34618], Freitas et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36259], Martins & Carneiro 2018:137 [ref. 36550], Carneiro et al. 2019:271 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892], Bariche & Fricke 2020:93 [ref. 37515], Bañón & Maño 2021:85 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:56 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:281 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pagrus auriga Valenciennes 1843. Sparidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Angola, including Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tome and Príncipe. Habitat: marine.

axilaris, Sparus Perez [L.] 1820:97, Pl. (unnumbered) [Periódico de la Sociedad Médico-Quirúrgica de Cadiz v. 1; ref. 26491] Mare Baeticum [off Andalusia, southern Spain]. Holotype (unique) (?): whereabouts unknown. Included in synonymy of Pagellus acarne Cuv. & Val. (an error for Pagrus acarne Risso 1827) in Machado 1857:14 [ref. 17320], with description repeated from Perez in footnote. Parenti & Poly 2004:171 [ref. 27808] suggest continued use of acarne Risso 1827 based on invalidation of axilaris by reversal of precedence (Art. 23.9). •The same as the well known Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827) -- (Parenti & Poly 2004:171 [ref. 27808], Parenti 2019:64 [ref. 36892]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

bertheloti, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] 1843:33 [Ichthyologie des îles Canaries v. 2 (pt 2); ref. 4502] Canary Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7750 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:55 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Sparus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Tortonese 1973:405 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:807 [ref. 18793], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bocagii, Pagrus Lowe [R. T.] in Günther 1861:391, Pl. 11 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860 (pt 3, art. 9) (art. 9); ref. 18177] Lisbon, Portugal. •Synonym of Sparus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Tortonese 1973:405 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bugaravella, Pagrus Risso [A.] 1827:359 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich 1768) -- (Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich 1768). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caeruleosticta, Chrysophrys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:110 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Gorée, Senegal; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8666 (1) Gorée. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:44 [ref. 20898] as coeruleosticta. •Valid as Sparus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Tortonese 1973:405 [ref. 7192]). •Valid as Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:903 [ref. 13676] as coeruleostictus, Bauchot & Hureau 1990:807 [ref. 18793], Afonso et al. 1999:75 [ref. 25466], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:96 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:44 [ref. 37112] as coeruleostictus, Fricke et al. 2007:88 [ref. 29533], Wirtz et al. 2007:35 [ref. 30263], Fricke 2008:42 [ref. 30182], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:48 [ref. 36649], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2610 [ref. 34618], Martins & Carneiro 2018:139 [ref. 36550], Almeida & Alves 2019:273 [ref. 37509] as coeruleostictus, Carneiro et al. 2019:272 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892], Reiner 2019:217 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:93 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:84 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:56 [ref. 38303] as coeruleostictus, Kovačić et al. 2021:81 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:282 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Angola, including Canary Islands (Spain), and São Tomé and Principe; absent from Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caffer, Pagrus Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:30 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:68 [ref. 20898] as cafer. •Synonym of Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål 1775) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:581 [ref. 5710], Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006:12 [ref. 28673], Kume & Yoshino 2008:53 [ref. 29572]). •Synonym of Acanthopagrus vagus (Peters 1852) -- (Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2010:130 [ref. 30738], Parenti 2019:71 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:290 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthopagrus vagus (Peters 1852). Sparidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caissoti, Sparus Risso [A.] 1810:257 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:70 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

chinensis, Pagrus Steindachner [F.] 1870:625 [3] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.); ref. 4218] China. Holotype (unique): NMW. On p. 3 of separate. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ciliaris, Pagrus von Bonde [C.] 1923:19, Pl. 5 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 386, depth 38 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ?SAIAB [formerly RUSI] missing. •Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:582 [ref. 5710], Siddiqui at al. 2014:79 [ref. 33479], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:425 [ref. 35983], Parenti 2019:74 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:292 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

ehrenbergii, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:155 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4598 (3) Egypt, ZMB 1093 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:55 [ref. 20898]. •Valid as Sparus ehrenbergi (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Tortonese 1973:406 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:900 [ref. 13676] as coeruleostictus, Bauchot & Hureau 1990:807 [ref. 18793], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:96 [ref. 26753], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2610 [ref. 34618]). •Valid as Evynnis ehrenbergii (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2007:44 [ref. 29100], Carneiro et al. 2019:269 [ref. 37250], Parenti 2019:83 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Valid as Evynnis ehrenbergii (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: West Africa, Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:158 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Saint-Denis, Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-8633. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:55 [ref. 20898] with 8633 as holotype. Based on a specimen and an illustration from Malacca so syntypes; the available specimen should be selected as lectotype. Lectotype selected by Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:420 [ref. 35983]. •Valid as Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:158 [ref. 29757], Smith & Smith 1986:582 [ref. 5710], Randall 1995:224 [ref. 22896], Goren & Dor 1994:43 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:292 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:214 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:218 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:100 [ref. 36273], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:418 [ref. 35983], Eagderi et al. 2019:113 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2019:73 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:291 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

guttulatus, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:160 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Australia; King George Sound, Western Australia; Jervis Bay, New Zealand. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8641 (1),0000- 8627 to 0000-8629 (1, 2, 1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:55-56 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774], Bray et al. 2006:1229 [ref. 29091]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:77 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

heterodon, Pagrus Bleeker [P.] 1854:54 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 16923] Sindangole, Halmahera, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Sato 1986:603 [ref. 5152], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:91 [ref. 13577]). •Valid as Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker 1854) -- (Randall 2005:281 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:256 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:502 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:94 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:173 [ref. 36673], Rajan et al. 2021:8 [ref. 39508], Zhao et al. 2021:322 [ref. 38683], Shibuya et al. 2022:46 [ref. 39320], Karuppiah et al. 2024:3 [ref. 40877]). Current status: Valid as Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker 1854). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Lakshadweep (India) and southeast coast of India east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

holubi, Pagrus (Chrysophrys) Steindachner [F.] 1881:203 [25], Pl. 2 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 83 (1. Abth.); ref. 4231] Algoa Bay, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: NMW 22361 (2). On p. 25 of separate. •Synonym of Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau 1861 -- (Smith & Smith 1986:582 [ref. 5710], Parenti 2019:63 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:293 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Synonym of Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau 1861. Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

laniarius, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:163 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Lectotype: RMNH D398. Paralectotypes: RMNH D399 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:68 [ref. 20898]. Lectotype established in Bauchot & Daget 1972:68 [ref. 20898]. •Valid as Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:592 [ref. 5710], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:163 [ref. 25472] with Cuvier 1830 as author, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:235 [ref. 28072], Parenti 2019:85 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:310 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Beira (Mozambique). Habitat: marine.

latus, Pagrus Richardson [J.] & Solander [D. C.] in Richardson 1842:392 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (no. 59) (art. 42); ref. 21247] Between Opooragi and Owbooragi, New Zealand. No types known. Based on Solander manuscript and Parkinson figure; authorship suggested here is Richardson & Solander. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:77 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lithognathus, Pagrus Cuvier [G.] 1829:183 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8662 (2), A-8109 (1, dry); RMNH 1009 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:53 [ref. 20898] for Valenciennes 1830. Available from brief description; described more fully in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:204, Pl. 151 [ref. 996] as Pagellus lithognathus. •Valid as Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:587 [ref. 5710], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:162 [ref. 25472], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:226 [ref. 28072], Parenti 2019:64 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:301 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Lithognathus lithognathus (Cuvier 1829). Sparidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Orange River mouth to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: brackish, marine.

longifilis, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:159 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8635. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:56 [ref. 20898], with MNHN 8635 as holotype. •Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775) -- (Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:425 [ref. 35983], Parenti 2019:73 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

macrocephalus, Pagrus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:222, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [not Pl. 3 (fig. 1)] [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Gulf of Pechili; Oriental Sea, Beijing [Peking], China. No types at ZIN. •Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Sadovy & Cornish 2000:137 [ref. 25480]). •Valid as Sparus macrocephalus (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:299 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:225 [ref. 26566]). •In genus Pagrus and may be a synonym of Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) -- (Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006:14-15 [ref. 28673]). •Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Kume & Yoshino 2008:53 [ref. 29572], Parin et al. 2014:367 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2019:70 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker 1854). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

major, Chrysophrys Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:71, Pl. 35 [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] All bays of Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D405 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D404 (1, stuffed), D413 (1, stuffed), D415 (1, stuffed), 961 (10), 2182 (1, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:76 [ref. 12876]. The genus Pagrus Cuvier 1816 is currently restricted to the Mediterranean and Atlantic. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774], Carpenter 2001:3002 [ref. 26104]). •Valid as Pagrosomus major (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:298 [ref. 26385] dated 1842). •Valid as Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:124 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:177 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:513, 690 [ref. 8056], Chen et al. 1997:93 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Mizuno et al. 1999:9 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:858 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:137 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2000:179 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:31 [ref. 25799], Shinohara et al. 2001:326 [ref. 25995], Wang et al. 2001:227 [ref. 26566] dated 1842, Nakabo 2002:858 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:342, 616 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S11 [ref. 28536], Shinohara et al. 2005:435 [ref. 28370], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:48 [ref. 36649], Motomura et al. 2010:127 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:140 [ref. 32988], Parin et al. 2014:370 [ref. 33547], Iwatsuki in Kimura et al. 2018:170 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892], Kampouris et al. 2020:256 [ref. 38968], Kim et al. 2020:137 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37519], Sonoyama et al. 2020:71 [ref. 37637], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:834 [ref. 38925], Dyldin et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38804], Kampouris et al. 2021:256 [ref. 38312], Kovačić et al. 2021:81 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Sparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and China to Korea, Russia and Japan; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: marine.

megalommatus, Pagrus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1870:762 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 20; ref. 2621] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMNS 2756. Klunzinger material: NMW 78714 (2); SMNS uncat. (skeleton, not found); ZMB 7871 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 2005:60 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Argyrops megalommatus (Klunzinger 1870) -- (Dor 1984:158 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:43 [ref. 25356], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:420 [ref. 35983], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:100 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2019:73 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:291 [ref. 39785] as first uncertain but validated). Current status: Valid as Argyrops megalommatus (Klunzinger 1870). Sparidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

micropterus, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:163 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Tamise River, New Zealand. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:68 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:77 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

miqueli, Sparus pagrus Bauchot [M.-L.] & Hureau [J.-C.] 1978:97 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie No. 4; ref. 18916] Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 5°15'N, 4°01'W. Holotype: MNHN 1978-0463. Paratypes: MNHN 1978-0464 to 0467 (1, 1, 1, 1). •Synonym of Pagrus africanus Akazaki 1962 -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:806 [ref. 18793], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus africanus Akazaki 1962. Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigripinnis, Pagrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1903:67, Pl. 7 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 15011] KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1903.2.6.6. •Synonym of Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau 1861) -- (Smith & Smith 1986:585 [ref. 5710], Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:298 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Synonym of Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau 1861). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

orphus, Aurata Risso [A.] 1827:356 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0863. Type catalog: Bertin 1945:377 [ref. 21554], Bauchot & Daget 1972:35 [ref. 20898]. Secondarily preoccupied in Pagrus by Sparus orphus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bauchot & Hureau 1990:808 [ref. 18793], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

orphus, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:279 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] No locality. No types known. •Synonym of Sparus pagrus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:406 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892] with question). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pagrus, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:279 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Southern Europe (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Valid as Sparus pagrus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:54 [ref. 39336], Tortonese 1973:406 [ref. 7192]). •Valid as Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:904 [ref. 13676], Inada in Nakamura et al. 1986:218 [ref. 14235], Robins & Ray 1986:184 [ref. 23100], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:808 [ref. 18793], Boschung 1992:142 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:443 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:235 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:586 [ref. 16204], Santos et al. 1997:92 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:91 [ref. 24952], Afonso et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25466], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:104 [ref. 25942], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:162 [ref. 27754], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:96 [ref. 26753], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808], Carpenter 2003:1575 [ref. 27092], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27192], Palma & Andrade 2004:449 [ref. 27717], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:44 [ref. 37112], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:403 [ref. 28815], Fricke et al. 2007:89 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:49 [ref. 36649], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32708], Costa et al. 2015:1061 [ref. 37495], Pinheiro et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34324], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2611 [ref. 34618], Nión et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35565], Martins & Carneiro 2018:136 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:557 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:272 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36864], Parenti 2019:84 [ref. 36892], Bariche & Fricke 2020:93 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:85 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:57 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:81 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:282 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:172 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) south to northern Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Western Sahara, including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain). Habitat: brackish, marine.

quadrituberculatus, Pagrus Ranzani [C.] 1842:348, Pl. 32 (fig. 1) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 5; ref. 9017] Brazilian seas. Holotype (unique): MZUB 979. •Synonym of Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Randall & Caldwell 1966:26 [ref. 9053], Parenti 2019:74 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Pagrus Steindachner [F.] 1883:124 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 20 (no. 15) (for 14 June 1883); ref. 20490] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: (several) NMW 81050 (2). Species described in more detail in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:20 [ref. 4247]. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ruber, Pagrus Boulenger [G. A.] 1888:658 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 4); ref. 14479] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1887.11.11.143 (1, stuffed/mounted), BMNH 1887.11.11.142 (1). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pagrus ruber Steindachner 1883. •Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775) -- (Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2018:425 [ref. 35983], Parenti 2019:74 [ref. 36892]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål 1775). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

sedecim, Pagrus Ginsburg [I.] 1952:93, Fig. 6 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 42 (no. 3); ref. 1805] 25 miles south of Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A., depth 45 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 151881. Paratypes: USNM 20981 (6), 21339 (1), 22868-69 (1, 1), 30838 (1), 83181 (1), 87741 (1), 151910-11 (1, 2). •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:104 [ref. 25942], Carpenter 2003:1575 [ref. 27092], Parenti 2019:85 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

unicolor, Chrysophrys Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:299 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Dick Hartog and Shark Bay, Western Australia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0704 (5) Shark Bay. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:46-47 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Pagrus auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Paulin 1990:261 [ref. 15774], Bray et al. 2006:1229 [ref. 29091]). •Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:602 [ref. 22532], Parenti 2019:77 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Chrysophrys auratus (Forster 1801). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vulgaris, Pagrus Fleming [J.] 1828:211 [A history of British animals; ref. 1339] Britain. Based in part on Sparus pagrus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827) -- (Parenti 2019:65 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagellus acarne (Risso 1827). Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Pagrus Cuvier [G.] 1829:182 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Sparidae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Pagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:142, Pl. 148 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Northern Ocean; Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8623 (1) Morée, Greece, A-0693 (1) Goreé, A-5461 (1) Cape Verde Is. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:56-57 [ref. 20898]. •Synonym of Sparus pagrus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Tortonese 1973:406 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bauchot & Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:904 [ref. 13676], Bauchot & Hureau 1990:808 [ref. 18793], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:96 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:44 [ref. 37112], Carpenter & Iwatsuki in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2611 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:85 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus 1758). Sparidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.


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