Sardinella Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:261 [ref. 1012]. Fem. Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847. Type by subsequent designation. Type designation by Gill 1861:35 [ref. 1767] (see Whitehead 1967:36 [ref. 6464]). •Valid as Sardinella Valenciennes 1847 -- (Svetovidov 1973:102 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:277 [ref. 13675], Poll et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6172], Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Grande 1985:251 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:90 [ref. 5141], Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:202 [ref. 6284], Paxton et al. 1989:156 [ref. 12442], Gourene & Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1990:100 [ref. 21589], Stephens 1996:475 [ref. 22397], Monroe et al. 1999:1779 [ref. 24728], Munroe & Nizinski 2003:808 [ref. 26997], Paxton et al. 2006:332 [ref. 28995], Teugels 2007:189 [ref. 30016], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], Yoshino in Kimura & Yoshino 2009:30 [ref. 30440], Figueiredo et al. 2010:281 [ref. 30889], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:50 [ref. 31559]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella Valenciennes 1847. Clupeidae.