hasta, Dentex Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:255 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9054 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:48 [ref. 20898]. Not the same as Acanthopagrus hasta (Bloch & Schneider 1801). •In Sparidentex -- (Kume & Yoshino 2008:52 [ref. 29572]). •Valid as Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Randall 1995:228 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:183 [ref. 23922], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Bray et al. 2006:1230 [ref. 29091], Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2009:51 [ref. 30528], Coad 2010:266 [ref. 36620], Kottelat 2013:349 [ref. 32989], Amir et al. 2014:476 [ref. 33280], Siddiqui at al. 2014:89 [ref. 33479], Psomadakis et al. 2015:264 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:329 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:115 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2019:87 [ref. 36892], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:313 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Sparidentex hasta (Valenciennes 1830). Sparidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to east coast of India. Ballast water introduction in Perth (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.