brachysoma, Sardinella Bleeker [P.] 1852:19 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (8); ref. 16826] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.38. Paralectotypes or Bleeker specimens: (15) AMS I.129 (1), RMNH 7089 (14). Lectotype selected by Whitehead et al. 1966:50 [ref. 6860]. •Valid as Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker 1852 -- (Whitehead 1985:95 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:156 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:347 [ref. 23967], Munroe et al. 1999:1810 [ref. 24728], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Zhang 2001:85 [ref. 26586], Paxton et al. 2006:332 [ref. 28995], Stern et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34733], Fricke et al. 2018:56 [ref. 35805], Moore et al. 2020:109 [ref. 37357], Psomadakis et al. 2020:291 [ref. 37272], Anderson 2022:148 [ref. 39690], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:53 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker 1852. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar; India east to Indonesia, south to Northern Territory (Australia) and Kimberley (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.