pawak, Argyrosomus Lin [S.-Y.] 1940:248, Fig. 3 [Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 17239] Hong Kong. Holotype: not researched. Paratypes: (3). •Valid as Argyrosomus pawak Lin 1940 -- (Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:385 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 1997:75 [ref. 26476]). •Valid as Pennahia pawak (Lin 1940) -- (Trewavas 1977:318 [ref. 4459], Kyushin et al. 1982:133 [ref. 19754], Yamada & Yamada 1999:97 [ref. 23757], Sasaki in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Sasaki 2001:3170 [ref. 26108], Arshad in Kimura et al. 2018:188 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2020:43 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Pennahia pawak (Lin 1940). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern Indonesia to Gulf of Thailand, north to Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.