argentatus, Sparus Houttuyn [M.] 1782:319 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Nagasaki, Japan. Neotype: RMNH 26848 [ex RMNH 5973]. Spelled argenteus in Lacepède 1802:28 [ref. 4929], but correctly on p. 86. Also spelled S. argenteus Houttuyn by error in Cuvier 1830:114 [ref. 999] and not a new species by Cuvier. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. Neotype designated by Trewavas 1977:319 [ref. 4459]. •Valid as Argyrosomus argentatus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:162 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:74 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:290 [ref. 26385], Shimizu 2001:31 [ref. 25799], Wang et al. 2001:235 [ref. 26566], Choi et al. 2003:347, 619 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Pennahia argentata (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Trewavas 1977:318 [ref. 4459], Kyushin et al. 1982:133 [ref. 19754], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:375 [ref. 27969], Yamada & Yamada 1999:97 [ref. 23757], Sasaki in Randall & Lim 2000:621 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:869 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:869 [ref. 26193], Shinohara et al. 2005:435 [ref. 28370], Ali et al. 2018:333 [ref. 36183], Motomura in Kimura et al. 2018:187 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:137 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2020:42 [ref. 37439], Sonoyama et al. 2020:72 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Pennahia argentata (Houttuyn 1782). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan). Habitat: marine.