russellii, Pempheris Day [F.] 1888:788 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Karachi, India; Sind, Pakistan. Syntypes: ZSI F910 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Based on Day's treatment of Pempheris molucca on p. 175, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) (not of Cuvier). Literature sources also added, including "Sparus mangulakutti" Russell 1803:10, Pl. 14 [ref. 13862]. •Synonym of Pempheris mangula Cuvier 1829 -- (Koeda et al. 2014:309 [ref. 33297]). •Valid as Pempheris russellii Day 1888 -- (Randall et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33585], Psomadakis et al. 2015:288 [ref. 34104], Randall & Victor 2015:7 [ref. 34131], Randall & Victor 2022:111 [ref. 39910]). Current status: Valid as Pempheris russellii Day 1888. Pempheridae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: southern Iran and Pakistan. Habitat: marine.