mangula, Pempheris Cuvier [G.] 1829:195 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Coromandel coast, Visakhapatnum, India. Neotype: ZSI/CLT 2489. "Paraneotypes": BPBM 41079 (1), ZSI/CLT 2490 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:165 [ref. 20718]. Neotype selected by Randall & Bineesh 2014:30 [ref. 33266] but a neotype was also selected by Koeda et al. 2014:309 [ref. 33297] as BPBM 41095. Available from footnote as, "P. mangula, N., Russel, 114". Also appeared in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:304 [ref. 4881]. •Valid as Pempheris mangula Cuvier 1829 -- (Heemstra 1986:669 [ref. 5660], Fricke 1999:321 [ref. 24106], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:622 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:41 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:70 [ref. 30213], Koeda et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32431], Jawad & Koeda 2013:1 [ref. 32729], Randall & Bineesh 2014:30 [ref. 33266], Koeda et al. 2014:309 [ref. 33297], Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585] not Red Sea, Randall & Victor 2015:6 [ref. 34131], Barik et al. 2020:198 [ref. 37824], Randall & Victor 2022:106 [ref. 39910]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris mangula Cuvier 1829. Pempheridae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: India. Possibly be more widespread. Habitat: marine.