phaiya, Gerres Iwatsuki [Y.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 2001:1044, Figs. 1 A-B, 2A [Copeia 2001 (no. 4); ref. 25822] Mangalore, Karnataka, India, 12°55'N, 74°30'E. Holotype: NSMT-P 57151. Paratypes: AMS I.39783-001 (2); FRLM 24151-52 (1, 1); MNHN 0000-9467 (1), 2000-0355 [not 0305] (2); MUFS 16741 (1), 16771 (1), 16796 (1), 16854 (1), 16954-68 (15), 17047-49 (3); NSMT-P 57152 (1); RMNH 33821-22 (1, 1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 61844 (3), 61865 (1). •Valid as Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2001 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Chakraborty et al. 2006:185 [ref. 28690], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2007:91 [ref. 29037], Iwatsuki in Kimura & Iwatsuki 2009:150 [ref. 31129], Psomadakis et al. 2015:253 [ref. 34104], Suresh et al. 2018:239 [ref. 36495], Psomadakis et al. 2020:465 [ref. 37272], Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2022:352 [ref. 39785]). Current status: Valid as Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra 2001. Gerreidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Pakistan east to Singapore. Habitat: marine.