africana, Sphyraena Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1909:256 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 6 (pt 3, no. 5); ref. 1650] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAM 10149. •Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (Daget 1986:350 [ref. 6203], de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896], Senou 2001:3689 [ref. 26303]). •Valid as Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson 1909 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:121 [ref. 6441], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1337 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1337 [ref. 26193], Fricke et al. 2018:358 [ref. 35805], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Morishita & Motomura 2020:564 [ref. 37508], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:247 [ref. 40160]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson 1909. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.