Wak Lin [S.-Y.] 1938:378 Masc. Bola coitor Hamilton 1822. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded substitute for Bola Hamilton 1822. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Johnius, subgenus Johnius Bloch 1793 -- (Trewavas 1977:406 [ref. 4459]). •Valid as Wak Lin 1938 -- (Tagawa in Masuda et al. 1984:162 [ref. 6441] as Waku, Kottelat 2013:358 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Johnius Bloch 1793 (in part) -- (Talwar 1995:90 [ref. 25194], Parenti 2020:19 [ref. 37439], Hanafi et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40106], Hanafi et al. 2024:94 [ref. 41779]). Current status: Synonym of Johnius Bloch 1793. Sciaenidae.