thorpei, Argyrosomus Smith [M. M.] 1977:562, Pls. 1 (fig. C), 2 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 181 (no. 4); ref. 7284] Off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 674. Paratypes: BMNH 1976.10.18.1 (10); RUSI 675-680 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 2587 (1), 2651 (2). •Valid as Argyrosomus thorpei Smith 1977 -- (Trewavas 1977:337 [ref. 4459], Heemstra 1986:617 [ref. 5660], Griffiths & Heemstra 1995:19 [ref. 22038], Sasaki 1996:86 [ref. 22156], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:270 [ref. 28072], Tanaka & Iwasuki 2013:2 [ref. 32775], Fricke et al. 2018:223 [ref. 35805], Begum et al. 2018:196 [ref. 36440], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2020:5 [ref. 37439], Sasaki 2022:395 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Argyrosomus thorpei Smith 1977. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.