cancellata, Datnia Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:144 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 347. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:106 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Datnia cancellata Cuvier 1829 -- (Kottelat 2013:368 [ref. 32989], Yoshigou 2019:140 [ref. 36562]). •Valid as Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Vari 1978:273 [ref. 4514], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:529 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:127 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:107 [ref. 23448], Vari in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:952 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:94 [ref. 25693], Vari 2001:3310 [ref. 26126], Nakabo 2002:952 [ref. 26193], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Maeda et al. 2011:45 [ref. 32004], Amick & Toko 2021:11 [ref. 38599], Keith et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38257], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier 1829). Terapontidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.