Belone Cuvier [G.] 1816:185 Fem. Esox belone Linnaeus 1761. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Spelled Belona by Lesueur 1821:124 [not researched]. On Official List (Opinion 225). Belone Oken 1816 suppressed; placed on Official Index (Opinion 225). •Valid as Belone Cuvier 1816 -- (Mees 1962:11 [ref. 13277], Collette & Parin 1970:10 [ref. 7415], Parin & Astakhov 1982:279 [ref. 26258], Collette et al. 1984:336 [ref. 11422], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:605 [ref. 13676], Collette 2003:2 [ref. 27306], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:34 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Belone Cuvier 1816. Belonidae.