appendiculatus, Belone Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:580 [140] [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMNS 1615 (1, dry); ?NMW 14235 (1); ZMB 10584 (1, missing), 10689 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:145-146 [ref. 19981], Fricke 1992:6 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:15 [ref. 29864]. On p. 140 of separate volume. Belone is feminine, so the original spelling probably should have been Belone appendiculata as used by some early authors. •Valid as Belone appendiculatus Klunzinger 1871 -- (Mees 1962:16 [ref. 13277]). •Synonym of Tylosurus acus (Lacepède 1803) -- (Dor 1984:65 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 2006:719 [ref. 28995]). •Valid as Tylosaurus appendiculatus (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471]). •Synonym of Tylosurus acus (Lacepède 1803), subspecies melanotus (Bleeker 1850) -- (Parin 1967:53 [ref. 10272], Randall 1995:87 [ref. 22896], Collette 1999:2159 [ref. 24785], Collette & Banford 2001:52 [ref. 25982], Collette 2003:10 [ref. 27306], Mundy 2005:282 [ref. 28379], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668]). •Synonym of Tylosurus melanotus (Bleeker 1850) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:43 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Tylosurus melanotus (Bleeker 1850). Belonidae. Habitat: marine.