argyreum, Pristipoma Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:485 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Coromandel coast, India; Sumatra, Indonesia; Mauritius (Mascarenes); Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7698 (1) Coromandel coast, 0000-7703 (1) Jakarta, 0000-7704 (1) Sumatra. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:39 [ref. 21546] with holotype (7698) and paratypes. •Valid as Pomadasys argyreus (Valenciennes 1833) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:844 [ref. 20764], Coad 1991:26 [ref. 15702], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:283 [ref. 24014], Fricke 1999:285 [ref. 24106], Johnson in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], McKay 2001:2984 [ref. 26103], Psomadakis et al. 2015:257 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:144 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:327 [ref. 36183], Parenti 2019:167 [ref. 37021], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:471 [ref. 37272], Habib et al. 2021:304 [ref. 38630], Heemstra 2022:278 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Valid as Pomadasys argyreus (Valenciennes 1833). Haemulidae: Haemulinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to New Guinea, north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.