savala, Trichiurus Cuvier [G.] 1829:219 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Puducherry, India. Non-types or syntypes: MNHN A-5357 (1) Mumbai, A-5358 (2) Malabar, 1987-1205 (1) Malabar. Also in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:251, Pl. 224 [ref. 1000]. •Valid as Trichiurus savala Cuvier 1829 -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:259 [ref. 24860]). •Valid as Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier 1829) -- (Nakamura & Parin 1993:100 [ref. 21769], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:526 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:157 [ref. 26476], Larson & Williams 1997:373 [ref. 23967], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1344 [ref. 25182], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3719 [ref. 26304], Nakabo 2002:1344 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S121 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:44 [ref. 27712], Ataur Rahman 2003:283 [ref. 31338], Ataur Rahman 2003:283 [ref. 31338], Shinohara et al. 2005:439 [ref. 28370], Chakraborty et al. 2006:45 [ref. 28499], Bray et al. 2006:1764 [ref. 29091], Larson et al. 2013:216 [ref. 32988], Iwatsuki in Kimura et al. 2015:86 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:312 [ref. 34104], Iwatsuki in Kimura et al. 2018:274 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 18 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:568 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:400 [ref. 39830], Holleman 2022:267 [ref. 40163]). Current status: Valid as Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier 1829). Trichiuridae: Trichiurinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Vietnam and China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.