sina, Corvina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:122 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Puducherry and Malabar, India; Japan. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7521 (2), 7633 (1, dry), B-2648 [ex MNHN 0000-7521] (1, poor condition); ZMB 892 (1), 8737 (dry) Japan. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:10 [ref. 6382]. Type information: Trewavas 1977:431 [ref. 4459]. •Valid as Johnius sina (Cuvier 1830) -- (Trewavas 1977:439 [ref. 4459], Daget & Trewavas 1986:334 [ref. 6211], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:228 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:230 [ref. 22896], Khan 2003:9 [ref. 27710]). •Valid as Wak sina (Cuvier 1830) -- (Chen et al. 1997:72 [ref. 26476] with author and date as Tang 1937). •Synonym of Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier 1830) -- (Sasaki 1996:92 [ref. 22156], Carpenter et al. 1997:189 [ref. 23922], Sasaki 1999:274 [ref. 24049]). •See also Coad 1991:26 [ref. 15702]. •Valid as Johnieops sina (Cuvier 1830) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:854 [ref. 20764], Talwar 1995:120 [ref. 25194], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:248 [ref. 24754], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:37 [ref. 27712]). •Valid as Johnius sina (Cuvier 1830) -- (Parenti 2020:23 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Valid as Johnius sina (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) east to west coast of Malaysia. Habitat: marine.