nigromaculata, Corvina Borodin [N. A.] 1930:53, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 2); ref. 16069] Sri Lanka [? Saigon, Vietnam]. Holotype (unique): VMM 497 [not 512] (now at AMNH). •Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:364 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:69 [ref. 25194], Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:45 [ref. 37439] as diacantha). Current status: Synonym of Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepède 1802). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.