russelii, Trachinotus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:436 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-5663 (1, dry). Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:30 [ref. 12247]. Both Trachinus botla and russelii were based on Russell's Pl. 142. Named for Russell (misspelled as Russel), here not considered as an inadvertent error, therefore spelling russelii retained. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:132 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Trachinotus russelii Cuvier 1832 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:321 [ref. 6207], Goren & Dor 1994:35 [ref. 25356], Hussain & Jawad 2014:256 [ref. 33657]). •Synonym of Trachinotus botla (Shaw 1803) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1986:659 [ref. 5718], Randall 1995:188 [ref. 22896], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2747 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter 2014:[3] 545 [ref. 33922], Smith-Vaniz & Walsh 2019:18 [ref. 36875]). Current status: Synonym of Trachinotus botla (Shaw 1803). Carangidae: Trachinotinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.