obtusirostris, Meletta Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:375 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Seychelles. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0900. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3072 [ex MNHN 0000-0900] (10). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:290 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:18 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:34 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell 1837) -- (Whitehead 1985:81 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 2013:61 [ref. 32989], Anderson 2022:145 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Synonym of Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell 1837). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.