paradiseus, Polynemus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:317 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Gariahat, Calcutta, India. Neotype: NRM 47529. Spelled paradisiacus by Walbaum 1792:631 [ref. 4572]. Neotype designated by Motomura et al. 2002:311, 314 [ref. 26494]. •Valid as Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:268 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:911 [ref. 20764], Feltes 1991:304 [ref. 14760], Mishra & Krishnan 1993:290 [ref. 23743], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:209 [ref. 27969], Mishra et al. 1999:88 [ref. 25315], Motomura et al. 2002:311 [ref. 26494], Motomura 2003:162 [ref. 26829], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:293 [ref. 31338], Motomura 2004:11 [ref. 27601], Motomura 2004:92 [ref. 27970], Motomura & Tsukawaki 2006:462 [ref. 28914], Barman & Mishra 2010:32 [ref. 41389], Kottelat 2013:356 [ref. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:282 [ref. 34104], Kang et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35524], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:500 [ref. 37272], Motomura 2022:92 [ref. 39900]). Current status: Valid as Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus 1758. Polynemidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India east to Thailand. IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.