tala, Chorinemus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:377 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Malabar, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-6588. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:21 [ref. 12247]. MNHN A-6588 selected as lectotype by Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973 [ref. 7106]; unneeded as this is the holotype. •Valid as Scomberoides tala (Cuvier 1832) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:199 [ref. 7106], Allen & Swainston 1988:74 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:583 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:165 [ref. 15987], Gunn 1990:45 [ref. 20141], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:444 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:116 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:358 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:165 [ref. 25919], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:245 [ref. 24754], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2733 [ref. 24833], Mishra et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25315], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:198 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710], Hoese & Gates 2006:1165 [ref. 28997], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Kimura 2009:124 [ref. 30425], Larson et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:120 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:227 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:117 [ref. 35490], Suresh et al. 2018:210 [ref. 36495], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 16 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:430 [ref. 37272], Smith-Vaniz 2022:58 [ref. 39876], Ogata et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40025]). Current status: Valid as Scomberoides tala (Cuvier 1832). Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines, north to Miyazaki Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.