merceri, Dentatherina Patten [J. M.] & Ivantsoff [W.] 1983:331, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 4); ref. 5424] Tanjung Liang, Piru Bay, Ceram, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, 3°00'S, 128°50'E. Holotype: USNM 210180. Paratypes: AMS I.22653-001 (2), I.22654-001 (1); USNM 209578 (1), 209883 (1), 211044 (1), 220142 (2), 220145 (1), 230179 (3), 230364-65 (7, 4), 230368 (2), 230370 (4). •Valid as Dentatherina merceri Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442], Ivantsoff 1999:2145 [ref. 24782], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Paxton et al. 2006:699 [ref. 28994], Allen & Erdmann 2012:162 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2014:178 [ref. 33268], Allen & Erdmann 2024:178 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Dentatherina merceri Patten & Ivantsoff 1983. Dentatherinidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia and south to eastern Australia. Habitat: marine.