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]). •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]). Current status: Valid as Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Mugilidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands, Gambier Islands and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Society Islands and Rapa; shallow coastal waters, estuaries and lower reaches of freshwater streams. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.