malabarica, Sciaena Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:81, Pl. 19 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Syntypes: ZMB 576 (2). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:139 [ref. 24282]. •Synonym of Sillago sihama (Forsskål 1775) -- (McKay 1985:7 [ref. 5265], McKay 1992:59 [ref. 20879], Kaga et al. 2010:371 [ref. 31044], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Sillago sihama (Fabricius 1775). •Valid as Sillago malabarica (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Divya et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38328], Saha et al. 2022:14 [ref. 39210]). Current status: Valid as Sillago malabarica (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Sillaginidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, west coast of India. Habitat: brackish, marine.