auratus, Engraulis Day [F.] 1865:312 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1); ref. 5295] Cochin, India. Lectotype: BMNH 1889.2.1.1779. Day specimens: BMNH 1867.5.30.13 (1), 1889.2.1.1780 (1), 1889.2.1.4855 (1, dry), 1975.9.30.14 (1, dry), ZMB 10412 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:154 [ref. 23762]. Also appeared in Day 1865:238, Pl. 19, fig. 2 [ref. 1074]. Lectotype desgnated by Talwar & Whitehead 1971:77. •Synonym of Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes 1848) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:429 [ref. 5725]). Current status: Synonym of Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes 1848). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.