leptolepis, Sciaena Ogilby [J. D.] 1918:87, Pl. 25 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 6; ref. 3298] Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.1534. •Synonym of Nibea soldado (Lacepède 1802) -- (Trewavas 1977:379 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:84 [ref. 25194], Larson & Williams 1997:361 [ref. 23967]). •Tentatively valid as Austronibea leptolepis (Ogilby 1918) -- (Lo et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35288]). •Valid as Nibea leptolepis (Ogilby 1918) -- (Sasaki 2001:3159 [ref. 26108], Bray et al. 2006:1261 [ref. 29091], Larson et al. 2013:149 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2020:32 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Nibea leptolepis (Ogilby 1918). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.