margaritifera, Sciaena Haly [A.] 1875:269 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 88) (art. 35); ref. 18241] Off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.11.9.13-14 (2). •Synonym of Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:327 [ref. 4459], Daget & Trewavas 1986:333 [ref. 6211], Chao & Trewavas 1990:813 [ref. 18934], Talwar 1995:44 [ref. 25194]). •Synonym of Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Griffiths & Heemstra 1995:10 [ref. 22038], Sasaki 1996:86 [ref. 22156], Parenti 2020:5 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Sciaenidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.