trachura, Belone Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:456 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Ascension Island. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4512. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2573 [ex 4512] (1). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:8 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Collette & Parin 1970:33 [ref. 7415]. •Synonym of Platybelone argalus (Lesueur 1821), but a valid subspecies trachura -- (Collette & Parin 1970:33 [ref. 7415], Collette & Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:607 [ref. 13676], Collette & Parin 1990:594 [ref. 16473], Collette 2003:4, 16 [ref. 27306], Collette 2016:2121, 2124 [ref. 34601], Brown et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36444]). •Valid as Platybelone trachura (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516]). Current status: Valid as Platybelone trachura (Valenciennes 1846). Belonidae. Distribution: Southern central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena islands endemic. Habitat: marine.