zysron, Dentex Bleeker [P.] 1856:219 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 354] Pulau Nias, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5688. •Valid as Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:86 [ref. 25477], Russell 1990:62 [ref. 19228], Russell 1993:306 [ref. 13441], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:317 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:136 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:24 [ref. 23611], Nakabo 2000:850 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Russell 2001:3081 [ref. 26106], Nakabo 2002:850 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:102 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:282 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:124 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1244 [ref. 29090], Barman & Mishra 2009:15 [ref. 37652], Shibukawa in Shibukawa & Motomura 2009:158 [ref. 31131], Biswas et al. 2012:109 [ref. 41578], Russell & Tweddle 2013:196 [ref. 32547], Larson et al. 2013:145 [ref. 32988], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33460], Psomadakis et al. 2015:269 [ref. 34104], Russell & Ho 2017:287 [ref. 35134], Motomura et al. 2017:147 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:211 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:94 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:178 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:90 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:482 [ref. 37272], Russell & Gouws 2020:578 [ref. 38021], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:197 [ref. 41223], Prokofiev 2022:693 [ref. 39593], Russell 2022:332 [ref. 39836], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:71 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker 1856). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Persian Gulf east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to Dampier Archipelago (Western Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.