pama, Bola Hamilton [F.] 1822:79, 368, Pl. 32 (fig. 26) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges tidal estuaries, Calcutta, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 49 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:360 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Pama pama (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860], Talwar 1995:28 [ref. 25194], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710]). •Valid as Otolithoides pama (Hamilton 1822) -- (Trewavas 1977:302 [ref. 4459], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:862 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:119 [ref. 23448], Sasaki 1996:85 [ref. 22156], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:354 [ref. 31338], Psomadakis et al. 2015:279 [ref. 34104], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2020:37 [ref. 37439], Psomadakis et al. 2020:494 [ref. 37272], Sasaki 2022:411 [ref. 39862]). Current status: Valid as Otolithoides pama (Hamilton 1822). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Pakistan east to Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.