hasta, Lutjanus Bloch [M. E.] 1790:109, Pl. 246 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] Japan. Lectotype: ZMB 8713 (right skin). Paralectotypes: ZMB 969 (1, lost), 8721 (1, right skin) Type catalog: Paepke 1999:85 [ref. 24282]. On p. 86 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:85 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Pomadasys hasta (Bloch 1790) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:100 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:173 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:151 [ref. 29757], Roux 1986:328 [ref. 6209], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:408 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 1997:102 [ref. 26476], Mishra et al. 1999:87 [ref. 25315], Choi et al. 2003:340, 614 [ref. 26218]). •Synonym of Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:356 [ref. 27969], McKay 2001:2983 [ref. 26103], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:335 [ref. 28867], Kottelat 2013:348 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:209 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2019:167 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Synonym of Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål 1775). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.