| Valid name | Sparus |
| Synonym | Aurata Sparus aurata Linnaeus, by absolute tautonymy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 277 |
| Synonym | Sparus (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Type: Sparus aurata Linnaeus, by subs. design. of Bleeker, 1866. |
| Synonym | Chrysophris Sparus aurata Linnaeus, by subs. design. of Jordan and Evermann, 1917). |
| Synonym | Chrysophrys auct. (nec Cuvier, 1824, in Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. 'Uranie', Poiss.: 299). |
| Synonym | Pagrus Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 272 (type: Sparus argenteus Schneider, by virtual tautonymy). |