Species that contain: Ambassis and natalensis [ 2 ] records

natalensis, Ambassis Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1908:148 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 14320] Inner harbor, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (numerous) AMS IA.6944-45 (1, 5); BMNH 1927.12.6.26-29 [ex SAM] (4); SAM 9887 + 11665 (83), 22081 (1). •Valid as Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson 1908 -- (Heemstra & Martin 1986:507 [ref. 6298], Maugé 1986:298 [ref. 6218], Martin & Heemstra 1988:9 [ref. 21758], Skelton 1993:348 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:348 [ref. 27406], Anderson & Heemstra 2003:205 [ref. 27368], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:154 [ref. 28072], Fricke 2008:26 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:42 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:142 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:9 [ref. 36883], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:22 [ref. 39744], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:535 [ref. 39926], Fricke et al. 2024:64 [ref. 41255]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson 1908. Ambassidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Pakistan?. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

safgha, Sciaena Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:53, xii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] [No locality stated] Red Sea. No types known. Originally listed as Sciaena safgha in the index (p. xii), but as Sciaena sp. with vernacular Arabic name 'Safgha' on p. 53; both are linked together by the species code ‘67’; the name Sciaena safgha (with author as Fabricius) is not available from the text, but would be available by indication (ICZN, Art. 12.2.2) from the index (see Fricke 2008:26 [ref. 29757]). Spelled safga in Lacepède 1802:256 [ref. 4929]. Rarely used senior synonym of Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson 1908, which latter name is here retained to preserve the name of prevailing usage. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:26 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Sciaena safgha Forsskål 1775 -- (Dor 1984:94 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:24 [ref. 25356]). •Status uncertain -- (Martin & Heemstra 1988:11 [ref. 21758]). •Synonym of Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson 1908 -- (Anderson & Heemstra 2003:205 [ref. 27368], Fricke 2008:26 [ref. 29757]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson 1908. Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.