hoevenii, Pellona Bleeker [P.] 1852:21 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (8); ref. 16826] Jimbaran Bay, southern coast of Bali, Indonesia [Jakarta, Java, Indonesia]. Neotype: MZB 28358. Bleeker specimens: AMS I.91 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.15 (1), NMV A940 (2), RMNH 7118 (1). Putative neotype proposed by Whitehead et al. 1966:91 [ref. 6860]. Neotype designated by Hata et al. 2026:6 [ref. 42770]. •Synonym of Pellona ditchela Valenciennes 1847 -- (Poll et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:281 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1769 [ref. 24728], Ataur Rahman 2003:278 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:51 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Pellona hoevenii Bleeker 1852 -- (Hata et al. 2026:3 [ref. 42770]). Current status: Valid as Pellona hoevenii Bleeker 1852. Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea (Phuket, Thailand), Gulf of Thailand, southern Vietnam (Nha Trang), Singapore, and Java, Bali, and south Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: brackish, marine.