sindensis, Clupea Day [F.] 1878:638, Pl. 163 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 4; ref. 4887] Karachi, Pakistan. Lectotype: ZSI 2630. Possible types and/or Day specimen: AMS B.7642 (1, paralectotype) Mumbai; BMNH 1889.2.1.1919-24 (6); RMNH 2519 (1); ZSI 2614 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:154 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:302 [ref. 25110]. Lectotype selected by Talwar & Whitehead 1971. •Valid as Sardinella sindensis (Day 1878) -- (Whitehead 1985:112 [ref. 5141], Randall 1995:66 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:112 [ref. 23922], Zhang 2001:84 [ref. 26586], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:860 [ref. 34062], Psomadakis et al. 2015:155 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:307 [ref. 36183], Eagderi et al. 2019:28 [ref. 37020], Anderson 2022:150 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella sindensis (Day 1878). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to western India. Habitat: marine.