choram, Belone Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1837:72 [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 671. Paralectotypes: SMF 7821-23 (3), 7824 (1, skeleton), 7825 (1, skeleton). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:19 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Belone marisrubri (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Mees 1962:44 [ref. 13277]). •Valid as Tylosurus choram (Rüppell 1837) -- (Parin 1967:65 [ref. 10272], Collette & Parin 1970:56 [ref. 7415], Parin 1973:260 [ref. 7191], Dor 1984:65 [ref. 29757], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:608 [ref. 13676], Goren & Dor 1994:16 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:87 [ref. 22896], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:175 [ref. 26753], Collette 2003:10 [ref. 27306], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Golani 2005:29 [ref. 37112], Fricke 2008:22 [ref. 30182], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:43 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:66 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:117 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:31 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:52 [ref. 39014], Collette 2022:379 [ref. 39718], Zajonz et al. 2022:59 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Tylosurus choram (Rüppell 1837). Belonidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa and Socotra (Yemen) east to west coast of India; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.