bengalensis, Anchoviella baganensis Dutt [S.] & Babu Rao [M.] 1959:160 [Current Science v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 11991] Kilakarai, Gulf of Mannar, India [Kakinada and Waltair, Bay of Bengal, east coast of India.] Neotype: USNM 276476. Syntypes: (32 + 53, whereabouts unknown). Neotype designated by Hata et al. 2019:21 [ref. 36766]. •Synonym of Stolephorus baganensis Delsman 1931 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:405 [ref. 5725] with author Hardenberg 1933, Wongratana et al. 1999:1729 [ref. 24719] with author Hardenberg 1933, Kottelat 2013:55 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao 1959) -- (Hata et al. 2019:18 [ref. 36766], Gangan et al. 2020:572 [ref. 37338], Hata et al. 2022:149 [ref. 39603], Hata et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40153]). Current status: Valid as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao 1959). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Pakistan to Bay of Bengal. Habitat: brackish, marine.