blochii, Clupeonia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:353 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 6551 (right skin). Syntypes: ZMB 6551 (right skin), 21893 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:41 [ref. 9739], Paepke 1999:65 [ref. 24282]. •Synonym of Hilsa kelee (Cuvier 1829) -- (Whitehead 1985:220 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 2013:61 [ref. 32989], Anderson 2022:140 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Synonym of Hilsa kelee (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.