vittata, Meletta Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:46 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Richmond River, Melbourne, Australia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3755 (5). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:284 [ref. 293] but wrong citation, Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:20 [ref. 9739], Russell & Bray 2026:66 [ref. 43233]. Based on the syntype series, and on a painting in NMV (BA 8794.1, labelled ‘Meletta vittata Cast’, No. ‘75’, ‘Hobson’s Bay’). •Valid as Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau 1875) -- (Whitehead 1985:188 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:154 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:35 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:222 [ref. 22532], Johnson 1999:722 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:329 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:190 [ref. 30616], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], Russell & Bray 2026:66 [ref. 43233]). Current status: Valid as Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau 1875). Hyperlophidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Western Australia; southern Queensland south to eastern Victoria (Australia). IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.