Herklotsichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1951:67 Masc. Harengula dispilonotus Bleeker 1852. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Herklotsella Fowler 1934 (Jan.), preoccupied by Herklotsella Herre 1933 in fishes. •Valid as Herklotsichthys Whitley 1951 -- (Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:275 [ref. 13675], Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:10 [ref. 6441], Grande 1985:250 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:73 [ref. 5141], Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:201 [ref. 6284], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Paxton et al. 1989:153 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:221 [ref. 22532], Stephens 1996:475 [ref. 22397], Monroe et al. 1999:1778 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:327 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:189 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:55 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:30 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:57 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Herklotsichthys Whitley 1951. Dorosomatidae.