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Species in the genus Kathala: [ 1 ] record

axillaris, Corvina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:113 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7682 (2) Malabar, 0000-7484 (4, poor condition) Puducherry, 0000-5314 (1) Malabar. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:7 [ref. 6382]. •Valid as Johnius axillaris Cuvier 1830 -- (Dutt & Thankam 1968:339 [ref. 41047]). •Valid as Kathala axillaris (Cuvier 1830) -- (Trewavas 1977:293 [ref. 4459], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:228 [ref. 24016], Talwar 1995:21 [ref. 25194], Sasaki 1996:84 [ref. 22156], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:249 [ref. 24754], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Psomadakis et al. 2015:277 [ref. 34104], Eagderi et al. 2019:102 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2020:24 [ref. 37439], Sasaki 2022:406 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Kathala axillaris (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.