Spicara Rafinesque, 1810
Merolepis Rafinesque, 1810; (synonym)
Marsis Barnard, 1927; (synonym)
Smaris Cuvier, 1814; (on Official Index)
Coleosmaris Norman, 1931; (synonym)
Maena Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Spicara alta Heemstra, 1990
Smaris altus Osãrio, 1917; (valid as)
Smaris macrophthalmus Cadenat, 1937; (synonym)
Spicara australis Heemstra, 1986
Smaris australis Regan, 1921; (valid as)
Spicara axillaris Heemstra, 1986
Caesio axillaris Boulenger, 1900; (valid as)
Caesio algoae Smith, 1935; (synonym)
Spicara maena Tortonese et al., 1973
Sparus maena Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Sparus zebra Brìnnich, 1768; (synonym)
Sparus lineatus Osbeck, 1770; (synonym)
Sparus mendola Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Sparus osbeck Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Sparus tricuspidatus Spinola, 1807; (synonym)
Smaris gora Risso, 1827; (synonym)
Maena jusculum Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Maena maena Cuvier, 1829; (valid as)
Smaris cagarella Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Maena osbeckii Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Maena vomerina Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Maena vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Smaris chryselis Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Smaris gagarella Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Maenas maena Bleeker (ex Klein), 1876; (valid as)
Moena saura Sarato, 1889; (synonym)
S. m. flexuosa Tortonese et al., 1973
Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque, 1810; (synonym)
Spicara flexuosum Rafinesque, 1810; (valid as)
Spicara martinicus
Smaris martinicus Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
Spicara melanurus
Smaris melanurus Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
Pterosmaris melanura Fowler, 1925; (valid as)
Pterosmaris melanurus Tortonese et al., 1973; (valid as)
Spicara melanurus Heemstra, 1990; (valid as)
Spicara nigricauda Heemstra, 1990
Coleosmaris nigricauda Norman, 1931; (valid as)
Spicara smaris
Sparus smaris Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Sparus alcedo Risso, 1810; (synonym)
Sciaena gymnodon Pallas, 1814; (synonym)
Smaris smaris Cuvier, 1814; (valid as)
Smaris ornatus Roux, 1830; (unavailable, in passing)
Smaris vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
Smaris gracilis Bonaparte, 1836; (synonym)
Smaris maurii Bonaparte, 1836; (synonym)
Marsis smaris Barnard, 1927; (valid as)
Smaris smaris Berg, 1949; (valid as)
Spicara smaris Tortonese et al., 1973; (valid as)
Spicara zebra
Sparus massiliensis Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym, objective)
Sparus massiliensis Lacep¨de, 1802; (unneeded replacement)
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Additional information sources:
The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.