lile, Meletta Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:378 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Pondicherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3173. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3076 [ex MNHN 0000-3173] (1), 3229 (10). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:282 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:17 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:72 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.