sambra, Alphestes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:236, Pl. 51 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi, India]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 354. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:96 [ref. 24282]. Name used on plate and index was sambra, name used in text was gembra but corrected in Corrigenda to sambra. •Synonym of Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:18 [ref. 6491] based on placement of gembra, Kottelat 2013:341 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål 1775). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: brackish, marine.