lachneri, Cynoglossus Menon [A. G. K.] 1977:40, Pl. 5 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 238; ref. 7071] Mombasa fish market, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: USNM 201852. Paratypes: MCZ 11551 (1); NMW 43874 or 43814 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 419-420 (now 1); USNM 171046 (1), 203693 (1); ZSI F6207/2 (1), F6208/2 (1), F6209/2 (3). See Das 2003:377 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Cynoglossus lachneri Menon 1977 -- (Dor 1984:272 [ref. 29757], Heemstra 1986:866 [ref. 5660], Manilo 1992:24 [134] [ref. 39140], Goren & Dor 1994:72 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:364 [ref. 22896], Quéro 1997:327 [ref. 23236], Fricke 1999:575 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S123 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:115 [ref. 30213], Psomadakis et al. 2015:330 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:374 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:176 [ref. 36273], Munroe 2022:375 [ref. 40234], Fricke et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40708]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus lachneri Menon 1977. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.