melanosticta, Clupea Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:237, Pl. 107 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Coast of Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3258a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 3258b-d (3). Bleeker specimens: NMV 46043 (1). Alausa melanosticta Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:444 [ref. 1012] is a new combination for this species. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:174 [ref. 12876]. See Grove & Lavenberg 1997:190 [ref. 24023]. •Synonym of Sardinops sagax (Jenyns 1842) -- (Parrish et al. 1989:2021 [ref. 19496], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:135 [ref. 25968]). •Synonym of Sardinops sagax (Jenyns 1842), but a valid subspecies -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:69 [ref. 26385]). •Valid as Sardinops melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Whitehead 1985:58 [ref. 5141], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:8 [ref. 24670], Youn & Kim 1998:52 [ref. 25737], Nakabo 200/0:244 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Shimizu 2001:20 [ref. 25799], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:17 [ref. 25650], Zhang 2001:89 [ref. 26586], Nakabo 2002:244 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:151, 499 [ref. 26218], Motomura et al. 2010:74 [ref. 31256], Parin et al. 2014:61 [ref. 33547], Sonoyama et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37637]). •Valid as Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Kim et al. 2020:61 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:17 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:61 [ref. 38158], Dyldin et al. 2022:[18] [ref. 39193]). Current status: Valid as Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Alosidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.