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Species in the genus Protonibea: [ 7 ] records

cataleus, Johnius Cuvier [G.] 1829:173 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] India. Lectotype: MNHN A-5539 (1, dry half skin). Cuvier specimens: MNHN A-5539 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:12 [ref. 6382] with a holotype. Based on Russel 1803: fig. 116, and Bola chaptis Buchanan. Lectotype selected by Kottelat 2013:359 [ref. 32989] as the specimen based on Lacepède 18902:240. •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

diacanthus, Lutjanus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:195, 240 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5539 (1, dry half skin). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:35 [ref. 21549], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:12, 13 [ref. 6382]. Apparently diacanthus is a noun and does not decline; even in a feminine genus the spelling remains diacanthus. •Valid as Pseudosciaena diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kailola 1971:128 [ref. 39475]). •Valid as Nibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:162 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:73 [ref. 26476] as diacantha, Choi et al. 2003:347, 621 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Megalonibea diacantha (Lacepède 1802) -- (Sasaki 2022:407 [ref. 39862]). •Valid as Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Allen & Swainston 1988:92 [ref. 25477], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:864 [ref. 20764], Randall 1995:232 [ref. 22896], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:376 [ref. 27969], Sasaki 1996:89 [ref. 22156], Allen 1997:144 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:361 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:191 [ref. 23922], Sasaki in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:868 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Sasaki 2001:3171 [ref. 26108] as diacantha, Nakabo 2002:868 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377] as diacantha, Bray et al. 2006:1263 [ref. 29091], Motomura 2009:172 [ref. 30446], Larson et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:359 [ref. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:280 [ref. 34104], Lo et al. 2017:14 [ref. 35288] as a species complex, Ali et al. 2018:333 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:103 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha, Psomadakis et al. 2020:496 [ref. 37272] as diacantha, Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:219 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to South China Sea, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

goma, Sciaena Tanaka [S.] 1915:615 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 27; ref. 15023] Nagasaki fish market, Japan. Syntypes: ZUMT 6392 (1). Species originally published in Japanese in above reference, later illustrated and described in more detail in English and Japanese in Tanaka 1915:392, Pl. 107 (fig. 327) [ref. 14937]. •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigromaculata, Corvina Borodin [N. A.] 1930:53, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 2); ref. 16069] Sri Lanka [? Saigon, Vietnam]. Holotype (unique): VMM 497 [not 512] (now at AMNH). •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

platycephala, Corvina Cuvier [G.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:132 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Java, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:22 [ref. 6382]. Based on a figure. •Questionably a synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364, 448 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Kottelat 2013:359 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Uncertain as Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rex, Sciaena antarctica Whitley [G. P.] 1945:26 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 1); ref. 4707] Onslow, Western Australia. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:70 [ref. 25194], Bray et al. 2006:1263 [ref. 29091], Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:46 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

valenciennii, Johnius Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:159, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] Near Macao, China. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7623. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:12 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Sasaki 1996:89 [ref. 22156], Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.