fuscolineata, Umbrina von Bonde [C.] 1923:15, Pl. 4 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 180, depth 28 fathoms. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Johnius amblycephalus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Trewavas 1977:426 [ref. 4459], Heemstra 1986:618 [ref. 5660], Sasaki 1996:90 [ref. 22156]). •Valid as Umbrina fuscolineata von Bonde 1923 -- (Sasaki 1997:311 [ref. 23224]). •Wrongly considered a synonym of Johnius dussumieri (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Talwar 1995:94 [ref. 25194]). •Valid as Johnius fuscolineatus (von Bonde 1923) -- (Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:273 [ref. 28072], Iwatsuki et al. 2012:154 [ref. 31962], Fricke et al. 2018:224 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2020:22 [ref. 37439], Sasaki 2022:404 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Johnius fuscolineatus (von Bonde 1923). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique east to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.