vaigiensis, Mugil Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:337, Pl. 59 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigiou [Pulau Waigeo, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia, western Pacific]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3641. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:700 [ref. 21541]. Species as waigiensis is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Dor 1984:192 [ref. 29757], Yoshino & Senou in Masuda et al. 1984:120 [ref. 6441], Smith & Smith 1986:717 [ref. 5717], Allen & Swainston 1988:110 [ref. 25477], Allen 1991:147 [ref. 21090], Randall et al. 1990:290 [ref. 15987], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:895 [ref. 20764], Coad 1991:26 [ref. 15702], Kottelat et al. 1993:125 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:201 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:17 [ref. 22882], Allen 1997:176 [ref. 23977], Thomson 1997:537 [ref. 23428], Larson & Williams 1997:364 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:204 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:359 [ref. 24106], Harrison & Senou 1999:2094 [ref. 24780], Sakai et al. 2001:104 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Keith et al. 2002:108 [ref. 31473], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:367 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:278 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:680 [ref. 29000], Allen et al. 2008:82 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:29 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:79 [ref. 31256], Esmaeili et al. 2010:374 [ref. 33391], Larson et al. 2013:57 [ref. 32998]). •Valid as Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Randall 1995:236 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:290 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:70 [ref. 23965], Chang et al. 1999:39 [ref. 24091], Nakabo 2000:538 [ref. 25086], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Nakabo 2002:538 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:22 [ref. 27510], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:76 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:321 [ref. 28867], Shibukawa 2009:43 [ref. 30449], Fricke et al. 2011:369 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:157 [ref. 31980], Hata et al. 2012:74 [ref. 32405], Kottelat 2013:275 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:56 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33932], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:892 [ref. 34062], Psomadakis et al. 2015:295 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35333], Durand 2016:31 [ref. 35589], Shen & Durand 2016:76 [ref. 35571] with authoship as Quoy & Gaimard, Durand & Whitfield 2016:107 [ref. 35590] with author as Quoy & Gaimard 1825, Esmaeili et al. 2017:87 [ref. 35254], Steinke et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35255] with remarks, Ali et al. 2018:341 [ref. 36183], Esmaeili et al. 2018:68 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:93 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:118 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36262], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:223 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:85 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:65 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 10 [ref. 38321], Hasan et al. 2020:135 [ref. 37945], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:273 [ref. 37983], Kim et al. 2020:77 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:518 [ref. 37272], Yamakawa et al. 2020:72 [ref. 40470], Akash et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38095], Taki et al. 2021:312 [ref. 39830], Ghasamzadeh 2022:318 [ref. 39712], Zajonz et al. 2022:52 [ref. 40522], Yoshigou 2022:12 [ref. 39640], Alavi-Yeganeh et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40409], Hasan et al. 2023:2212 [ref. 40412], Jamandre 2023:171 [ref. 40455], Allen & Erdmann 2024:173 [ref. 40796], Çiçek et al. 2024:365 [ref. 40789], Bogorodsky et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41171], Fricke et al. 2024:78 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Mugilidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: northern Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Marshall Islands, Gambier Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Sagami Bay (Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.