squamosa, Nibea Sasaki [K.] 1992:1, Figs. 1-4 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 39 (no. 1); ref. 19227] Lake Herbert Hoover, main stream of Middle Fly River, Fly River, Papua New Guinea, 7°14'S, 141°08'18"E. Holotype: USNM 217221. Paratypes: AMS I.21481-001 [ex USNM 217223] (1), I.22081-015 (1); NTM S.11197-001 (1), S.11400-001 (2), S.11401-001 (1), S.11566-001 (3), S.12585-001 (1); QM I.11560 (1), I.20043-44 (1, 1), I.20066 (1), I.25443 (1), I.26267 (1); USNM 217222 (2). •Valid as Austronibea squamosa (Sasaki 1992) -- (Lo et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35288]). •Valid as Nibea squamosa Sasaki 1992 -- (Allen et al. 2000:111 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:347 [ref. 25930], Sasaki 2001:3163 [ref. 26108], Morgan et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27718], Bray et al. 2006:1262 [ref. 29091], Allen et al. 2008:138 [ref. 30265], Larson et al. 2013:150 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2020:33 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Nibea squamosa Sasaki 1992. Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: northern Australia and south-central New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.