marginatus, Dentex Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:245 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9055. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-9043 (1) Vanicolo, B-2934 (1) Vanicolo. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:83-84 [ref. 20898], Bauchot et al. 1983:6 [ref. 11366]. Lectotype selected by Russell 1991:1382 [ref. 19490] with paralectotypes as doubtful and not this species. •Valid as Nemipterus marginatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:87 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:176 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:145 [ref. 29757], Shen & Lin 1984:13 [ref. 13822], Russell 1990:42 [ref. 19228], Russell 1991:1380 [ref. 19490], Goren & Dor 1994:39 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:308 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:96 [ref. 26476], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Russell 2001:3079 [ref. 26106], Allen et al. 2006:1243 [ref. 29090], Larson et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:145 [ref. 34464], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2015:57 [ref. 34319], Bineesh et al. 2018:88 [ref. 36219], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:176 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:481 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:197 [ref. 41223], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:67 [ref. 40682], Vilasri et al. 2023:89 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Nemipterus marginatus (Valenciennes 1830). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.