Amblygaster Bleeker [P.] 1849:73 Fem. Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker 1849. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Sardinella Valenciennes 1847 -- (Svetovidov 1973:103 [ref. 7169]). •Valid as Amblygaster Bleeker 1849 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Grande 1985:249 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:86 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:152 [ref. 12442], Stephens 1996:475 [ref. 22397], Monroe et al. 1999:1779 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:324 [ref. 28995], Kimura in Kimura & Yoshino 2009:28 [ref. 30440], Fricke et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30213], Mary et al. 2017:461 [ref. 35219], Motomura et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:54 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:30 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Amblygaster Bleeker 1849. Dorosomatidae.