euxini, Belone Günther [A.] 1866:252 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Black Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.4.25.147. •Valid as Belone euxini Günther 1866 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:69 [ref. 29533]). •Synonym of Belone belone (Linnaeus 1761), but a valid subspecies euxini -- (Collette & Parin 1970:13 [ref. 7415], Parin 1973:259 [ref. 7191], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:606 [ref. 13676], Meriç & Altun 1999:423 [ref. 24105], Collette 2003:3, 14 [ref. 27306], Vasil'eva 2007:67 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251], Parin et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33547], Collette 2016:2123 [ref. 34601]). Current status: Synonym of Belone belone (Linnaeus 1761). Belonidae. Distribution: Black Sea and Sea of Marmara (this subspecies). Habitat: marine.