osseus, Sciaena Day [F.] 1876:193, Pl. 46 (fig. 3) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Malabar coast of India. Lectotype: ZSI F1340 (figured). Paralectotypes: AMS B.8249 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:144 [ref. 20743], Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:301 [ref. 25110]. Lectotype selected by Talwar 1971:325 [ref. 24053]. •Valid as Wak osseus (Day 1876) -- (Talwar 1971:325 [ref. 24053]). •Synonym of Johnius aneus Bloch 1793 -- (Trewavas 1977:437 [ref. 4459]). •Synonym of Johnieops aneus (Bloch 1793) -- (Talwar 1995:122 [ref. 25194]). •Synonym of Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier 1830) -- (Sasaki 1999:274 [ref. 24049] as Sciaena ossea, Eagderi et al. 2019:101 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2020:21 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.