granigera, Sardinella Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:267 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Egypt, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3225. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:286 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:27 [ref. 9739]. •Synonym of Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838) -- (Svetovidov 1973:103 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:279 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:106 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:219 [ref. 14039], Munroe 2016:1736 [ref. 34560]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.