Species that contain: Chrysochir and aureus [ 5 ] records

acuta, Pseudosciaena Tang [D.-S.] 1937:62, Fig. 5 [The Amoy Marine Biological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 17889] Hainan Island, Gulf of Tonkin, Kwangtung Province, China. Holotype (unique): ZMUA 13210. •Synonym of Chrysochir aureus (Richardson 1846) -- (Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:54 [ref. 25194]). •Valid as Nibea acuta (Tang 1937) -- (Chen et al. 1997:72 [ref. 26476], Parenti 2020:32 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Nibea acuta (Tang 1937). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea coast of China. Habitat: marine.

aureus, Otolithus Richardson [J.] 1846:224 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. Lectotype: BMNH 1975.11.17.1 (half skin). Paralectotypes: USNM (1, apparently lost). Type information: Whitehead 1970:213 [ref. 11606]. Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459]. Combined with a feminine genus the adjective should be aurea. •Valid as Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846) (often seen as aureus) -- (Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:54 [ref. 25194], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:365 [ref. 27969], Sasaki 1996:88 [ref. 22156], Sasaki in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Sasaki 2001:3137 [ref. 26108], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710], Kottelat 2013:357 [ref. 32989], Arshad in Kimura et al. 2018:181 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 26 [ref. 38321] as aureus, Parenti 2020:11 [ref. 37439] as aureus, Psomadakis et al. 2020:488 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:378 [ref. 39830] as aureus). Current status: Valid as Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: east coast of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Indonesia, north to northern Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

birtwistlei, Johnius Fowler [H. W.] 1931:446, Fig. [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 83; ref. 16276] Clyde Terrace market, Singapore. Holotype: ANSP 53467 (not separated, in jar with paratypes). Paratypes: ANSP 53468-69 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:151 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Chrysochir aureus (Richardson 1846) -- (Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:54 [ref. 25194], Sasaki 1996:88 [ref. 22156], Kottelat 2013:357 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:11 [ref. 37439]). •Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Current status: Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.

incerta, Sciaena Vinciguerra [D.] 1926:578 [47] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 3). v. 10 (no. 50); ref. 15609] Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Syntypes: (2) MSNG 23308 (1). Type catalog: Tortonese 1959:4 [ref. 31669], Tortonese 1963:336 [ref. 10350]. On p. 47 of separate. •Synonym of Chrysochir aureus (Richardson 1846) -- (Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:54 [ref. 25194], Kottelat 2013:357 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:11 [ref. 37439]). •Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Current status: Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.

ophiceps, Sciaena Alcock [A. W.] 1889:300 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3); ref. 84] Off Mahanaddi delta, depth 5-9 fathoms; off Godavari delta, depth 4-5 fathoms; Orissa coast. Syntypes: BMNH 1890.12.4.6-7 [ex ZSI] (2); ZSI F12099 to 12101 (3), 12103 (1), 12170-71 (1, 1), 12336 (1), 12381 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:144 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:39 [ref. 22148]. •Synonym of Chrysochir aureus (Richardson 1846) -- (Trewavas 1977:345 [ref. 4459], Talwar 1995:54 [ref. 25194], Sasaki 1996:88 [ref. 22156], Kottelat 2013:357 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2020:11 [ref. 37439]). •Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Current status: Synonym of Chrysochir aurea (Richardson 1846). Sciaenidae. Habitat: marine.