commersonnii, Stolephorus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:381, 382, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean [no locality]. Neotype: MCZ 6133. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:50 [ref. 9739]. Should be spelled commersonnii. Based on Commerson drawing and notes. Stolephorus commersonianus is an incorrect subsequent spelling (see entry in Official Index). Neotype designated by Hata et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38161]. •Valid as Anchoviella commersonii (Lacepède 1803) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:77 [ref. 26385]). •Valid as Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803 [sometimes as commersonii] -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:409 [ref. 5725], Paxton et al. 1989:161 [ref. 12442], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:139 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:23 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:214 [ref. 24016], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:275 [ref. 24014], Randall 1995:71 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:130 [ref. 27969] as commersonii, Chen et al. 1997:14 [ref. 26476] as commersonii, Kimura et al. 1999:45 [ref. 23926], Fricke 1999:78 [ref. 24106], Wongratana et al. 1999:1733 [ref. 24719], Mishra et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25315], Nakabo 2000:250 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703] as commersoni, Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:117 [ref. 27511], Sakai et al. 2001:86 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Zhang 2001:128 [ref. 26586] as commersonii, Nakabo 2002:250 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:314 [ref. 28995] as commersoni, Fricke et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30213] as commersonii, Larson et al. 2013:31 [ref. 32988] as commersonii, Kottelat 2013:55 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2015:296 [ref. 34037], Psomadakis et al. 2015:157 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:52 [ref. 35805] as commersonii, Suresh et al. 2018:78 [ref. 36495], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 6 [ref. 38321], Hata et al. 2020:517 [ref. 37244], Psomadakis et al. 2020:298 [ref. 37272], Gangan et al. 2020:572 [ref. 37338], Hata et al. 2021:[19] [ref. 38161], Hata & Motomura 2021:11 [ref. 38794], Anderson 2022:169 [ref. 39690], Hata & Motomura 2023:378 [ref. 40288], Fricke et al. 2024:71 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) endemic. IUCN (2018): Least Concern (for Stolephorus spp.). Habitat: brackish, marine.