tambulus, Dentex Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:249, 558 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Puducherry, India and Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Syntypes: MNHN A-8088 (1); ZMB 1118 (1), 8147 (1, left skin), 8196 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:85 [ref. 20898], Bauchot et al. 1983:7, 18 [ref. 11366], Paepke 1999:106 [ref. 24282]. Replacement name for Dentex filamentosus Valenciennes 1830, secondarily preoccupied by Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell 1828 when both are in Synagris. •Synonym of Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch 1791) -- (Dor 1984:144 [ref. 29757], Russell 1990:40 [ref. 19228], Russell 1993:302 [ref. 13441], Ning et al. 2015:2 [ref. 35427]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch 1791). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.