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.