Species that contain: Pomadasys and nitidus [ 2 ] records

nitidum, Pristipoma Steindachner [F.] 1869:125 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 6 (no. 16) (for 17 June 1869); ref. 20469] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): NMW 76437. Species originally described as above, but later as Pristopoma (Haemulopsis) nitidum when illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1869:124 [p. 5 of separate], Pl. 3, [ref. 4216]. •Valid as Pomadasys nitidus (Steindachner 1869) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:153 [ref. 22193], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:376 [ref. 24555]). •Valid as Haemulopsis nitidus (Steindachner 1869) -- (McKay & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1161 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:186 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:345 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:145 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:124 [ref. 37547], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Page et al. 2013:149 [ref. 32708], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:353 [ref. 40816]). •Valid as Haemulopsis nitida (Steindachner 1869) -- (Parenti 2019:163 [ref. 37021], Love et al. 2021:163 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Haemulopsis nitida (Steindachner 1869). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

nitidus, Polotus Blyth [E.] 1858:283 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Calcutta fish market, India, Bay of Bengal. No types known. •Synonym of Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:348 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2019:167 [ref. 37021]). Current status: Synonym of Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål 1775). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.