randalli, Nemipterus Russell [B. C.] 1986:23, Fig. 2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 67 (nos 1/3); ref. 5991] Bahrain fish market, Persian Gulf. Holotype: BPBM 29519. Paratypes: BPBM 29507 (1); LACM 38128-46 (14); MNHN 1960-0297 (1), 1966-0464 (1), 1966-0456 (1); NTM S.10777-001 (6), S.1137-001 (2), S.1138-001 (3), S.11466-001 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 13984 (1); SMF 19960 (1), 20019 (6); USNM 231467 (2), 265219 (1); ZMH 5172 (3). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:418 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Nemipterus randalli Russell 1986 -- (Russell 1990:51 [ref. 19228], Baranes & Golani 1993:309 [ref. 22372], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:227 [ref. 24016], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:286 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:39 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xii [ref. 21953], Randall 1995:216 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:186 [ref. 23922], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:248 [ref. 24754], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Lelli et al. 2008:741 [ref. 37305], Barman & Mishra 2009:13 [ref. 37652], Zenetos et al. 2010:412 [ref. 31201], Russell & Tweddle 2012:197 [ref. 32547], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33460], Psomadakis et al. 2015:268 [ref. 34104], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:211 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:94 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:115 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:90 [ref. 37020], Kampouris et al. 2019:560 [ref. 37239], Bariche & Fricke 2020:133 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:482 [ref. 37272], Russell & Gouws 2020:579 [ref. 38021], Golani 2021:52 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39014], Russell 2022:331 [ref. 39836], SriHari et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39464]). Current status: Valid as Nemipterus randalli Russell 1986. Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar and Persian Gulf east to Bay of Bengal (India); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.