macrolepis, Clupea Steindachner [F.] 1879:31 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 20480] Cleveland Bay near Townsville, 19°16'S, 146°48'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 2292. Type information: Whitehead 1970:11 [ref. 11605]. Type catalog: Fricke 1995:10 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:28 [ref. 29864]. Species later described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:13 [ref. 4228]. •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:153 [ref. 12442], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:326 [ref. 28995], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.