venenosa, Meletta Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:377 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Seychelles. Non-types: MNHN 1892-0149 and 0150 (1, 1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:44 [not p. 19] [ref. 9739]. •Synonym of Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell 1837) -- (Dor 1984:41 [ref. 29757], Whitehead 1985:81 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 2013:61 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:30 [ref. 36273], Anderson 2022:145 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Synonym of Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell 1837). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.