taiwanensis, Acanthopagrus Iwatsuki [Y.] & Carpenter [K. E.] 2006:4, Figs. 1A, 2D-E, 3A-4A, 5A-B [Zootaxa No. 1202; ref. 28673] Estuary basin of Tung-kang river (purchsed at Tung-kang fish market), southwestern Taiwan. Holotype: MUFS 22854. Paratypes: MUFS 11870 (1), 22165-66 (1, 1), 22855 (1), 22857 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:47 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Acanthopagrus taiwanensis Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006 -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2006:406 [ref. 29239], Kume & Yoshino 2008:53 [ref. 29572], Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2009:49 [ref. 30528], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2010:133 [ref. 30738], Iwatsuki et al. 2010:115 [ref. 31106], Ho & Shao 2011:47 [ref. 31432], Iwatsuki 2013:87 [ref. 32744], Parenti 2019:71 [ref. 36892], Fukuchi et al. 2022:76 [ref. 39415]). Current status: Valid as Acanthopagrus taiwanensis Iwatsuki & Carpenter 2006. Sparidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.