| Valid name | Spicara |
| Synonym | Type: by monotypy: Spicara flexuosa Rafinesque. |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicilia: 51 |
| Synonym | Spicara Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Synonym | Merolepis Rafinesque, 1810, Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 25 (type: by monotypy: Sparus massiliensis Lacepede). |
| Synonym | Smaris Cuvier, 1814, Bull. Soc. philom. Paris: 92 (type: by absolute tautonymy: Sparus smaris Linnaeus). Nec Smari |
| Synonym | Maena Cuvier, 1829, Règne anim., ed. II, 2: 186 (type: by absolute tautonymy: Sparus maena Linnaeus). |
| Synonym | Marsis Barnard, 1927, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 21: 682 (substitute name for Smaris). |