biauritus, Otolithus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1039 [57] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Chusan. Orig. localities: Sea of Penang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore, Lancavy, Tenasserim provinces. Lectotype: BMNH 1860.3.19.171 (skin). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.172-3 (2, skins) Chusan. On p. 57 of separate. Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1977:297 [ref. 4459]. •Valid as Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor 1849) -- (Lal Mohan 1972:415 [ref. 35185], Trewavas 1977:297 [ref. 4459], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:861 [ref. 20764], Talwar 1995:25 [ref. 25194], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:373 [ref. 27969], Sasaki 1996:85 [ref. 22156], Sasaki in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Sasaki 2001:3165 [ref. 26108], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710], Psomadakis et al. 2015:278 [ref. 34104], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2020:35 [ref. 37439], Psomadakis et al. 2020:494 [ref. 37272], Sasaki 2022:410 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor 1849). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India east to Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo and Vietnam. Habitat: marine.