Species that contain: Tephrinectes and sinensis [ 4 ] records

caeruleooculea, Platessa chinensis var. Richardson [J.] 1846:277 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China; Chinese coasts. No types known. Original as Platessa chinensis, var.? caeruleo-oculea. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 10a [ref. 11606]). •Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Li & Wang 1995:114 [ref. 16193] as coeruleocula, Kottelat 2013:463 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802). Paralichthyidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

chinensis, Platessa Gray [J. E.] 1834:no page number, Pl. 94 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] China. No types known. Published about 1 Oct. 1834. As chinensa in list of figures. •Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Li & Wang 1995:113 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2013:463 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802). Paralichthyidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

sinensis, Pleuronectes Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:595, 635, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] China. No types known. Type catalog: Desoutter et al. 2001:339-340 [ref. 25992]. Family placement uncertain; see Hoshino & Amaoka 1998:73 [ref. 23353]. Based on a painting. •Valid as Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Lu & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:330 [ref. 26639], Zheng 1989:375 [ref. 21202], Feng in Pan et al. 1991:524 [ref. 23876], Li & Wang 1995:113 [ref. 16193], Zhu 1995:190 [ref. 25213], Evseenko 1996:726 [ref. 24666], Hoshino & Amaoka 1998:69 [ref. 23353], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:644 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:64 [ref. 25482], Desoutter et al. 2001:339 [ref. 25922], Ho et al. 2009:9 [ref. 31461], Kottelat 2013:463 [ref. 32989], Voronina et al. 2016:383 [ref. 35064]). Current status: Valid as Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802). Paralichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: China and Taiwan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

velafracta, Platessa Richardson [J.] 1846:278 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton; coasts of China. No types known. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:218, Pl. 27b [ref. 11606]). •Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Feng in Pan et al. 1991:524 [ref. 23876], Li & Wang 1995:114 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2013:463 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Tephrinectes sinensis (Lacepède 1802). Paralichthyidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.