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Species in the genus Macrospinosa: [ 3 ] records

asper, Sciaenoides Blyth [E.] 1860:140 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Mouth of the Gangetic Rivers. No types known. •Doubtful species, placement uncertain -- (Trewavas 1977:449 [ref. 4459]). •Synonym of Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar 1995:18 [ref. 25194], Parenti 2020:28 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cuja, Bola Hamilton [F.] 1822:81, 369, Pl. 12 (fig. 27) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River estuaries, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 50 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Johnius cujus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:330 [ref. 24860]). •Valid as Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822) -- (Trewavas 1977:290 [ref. 4459], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:860 [ref. 20764], Talwar 1995:18 [ref. 25194], Sasaki 1996:84 [ref. 22156], Biju et al. 1999:166 [ref. 25264], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:356 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:359 [ref. 32989], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2020:28 [ref. 37439], Sasaki 2022:407 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: eastern India and Bangladesh east to west coast of Thailand. Habitat: brackish, marine.

serratus, Johnius Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:76 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8723 (dry, missing). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:129 [ref. 24282]. •Doubtful species, placement uncertain -- (Trewavas 1977:448 [ref. 4459]). •Questionable in the synonymy of Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822) -- (Parenti 2020:28 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Uncertain as Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton 1822). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.