echinogaster, Stromateus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:223 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Gulf of Chihli (Bohai), Beijing, China. No types at ZIN. •Valid as Pampus echinogaster (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Haedrich 1967:112 [ref. 5357], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:336 [ref. 7348], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:235 [ref. 6441], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Last in Randall & Lim 2000:644 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:962 [ref. 25182], Last 2001:3791 [ref. 26309], Nakabo 2002:962 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:426, 678 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S32 [ref. 28536], Poltev & Zakharov 2012:654 [ref. 32481], Liu & Li 2013:889 [ref. 32963], Parin et al. 2014:520 [ref. 33547], Jawad & Jig 2016:10 [ref. 34344]). •Synonym of Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen 1788) -- (Liu et al. 2002:242 [ref. 26592], Li et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35702], Yin et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36946]). Current status: Synonym of Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen 1788). Stromateidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific [if valid]. But see Li et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35702]. Habitat: marine.