commersonnianus, Scomberoides Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:50, 53 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Fort Dauphin, Toliara Province, Madagascar. No types known. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:40 [ref. 12247]. Based on manuscript and drawing of Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:387, 390 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. The original spelling is acceptable. •Valid as Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède 1801 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:194 [ref. 7106], Kyushin et al. 1977:288 [ref. 19756] as commersonianus, Kyushin et al. 1982:227 [ref. 19754] as commersonianus, Dor 1984:130 [ref. 29757], Smith-Vaniz 1986:655 [ref. 5718], Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:316 [ref. 6207], Allen & Swainston 1988:74 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:582 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:165 [ref. 15987], Gunn 1990:43 [ref. 20141], Goren & Dor 1994:34 [ref. 25356] as commersonianus, Randall 1995:184 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:443 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:116 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:358 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:164 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:162 [ref. 25488] as commersonianus, Randall et al. 1997:165 [ref. 25919], Motomura et al. 1998:101 [ref. 23630], Lin & Shao 1999:64 [ref. 23921], Fricke 1999:253 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2731 [ref. 24833], Johnson 1999:734 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:794 [ref. 25086] as commersonianus, Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:794 [ref. 26001] as commersonianus, Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:310 [ref. 28072], Hoese & Gates 2006:1164 [ref. 28997], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Fricke et al. 2009:57 [ref. 30213] as commersonianus, Kimura 2009:124 [ref. 30425], Allen & Erdmann 2012:437 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:335 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:120 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:45 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:226 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:116 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:323 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:186 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:86 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:106 [ref. 36262], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:135 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:208 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:51 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:148 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:75 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 16 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:127 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:429 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37637], Taki et al. 2021:391 [ref. 39830], Abdussamad et al. 2022:112 [ref. 39002], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:173 [ref. 41223], Smith-Vaniz 2022:57 [ref. 39876], Zajonz et al. 2022:120 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:463 [ref. 40796], Nakashimada et al. 2024:49 [ref. 40828]). Current status: Valid as Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède 1801. Carangidae: Scomberoidinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to Western Australia, Sydney (New South Wales) and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.