melanostigma, Pseudosynanceia Day [F.] 1875:163, Pl. 55 (fig. 6) [The fishes of India Part 1; ref. 1080] Kurachi, Sind, Pakistan. Holotype (unique): ZSI 1761. Day specimens: AMS B.8183 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:159 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Pseudosynanceia melanostigma Day 1875 -- (Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao 1973:369 [ref. 6391], Randall 1995:110 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:136 [ref. 23922], Mandrytsa 2001:274 [ref. 25636], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S102 [ref. 27377], Psomadakis et al. 2015:188 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:316 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:129 [ref. 37020], Poss 2022:576 [ref. 39726]). Current status: Valid as Pseudosynanceia melanostigma Day 1875. Synanceiidae: Synanceiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to India. Habitat: marine.