perusii, Mugil Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:116 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3645. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1972:697 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Liu & Shen 1991:275 [ref. 19215]). •Synonym of Valamugil cunnesius (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Thomson 1997:501 [ref. 23428]). •Valid as Valamugil perusii (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Harrison & Senou 1999:2106 [ref. 24780], Larson et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Moolgarda perusii (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Sato et al. 1998:40 [ref. 24972], Nakabo 2000:541 [ref. 25086], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Sakai et al. 2001:104 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:541 [ref. 26001], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:23 [ref. 27510], Motomura et al. 2010:80 [ref. 31256], Kottelat 2013:279 [ref. 21989], Fricke et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:296 [ref. 34104], Shen & Durand 2016:79 [ref. 35591], Motomura et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:94 [ref. 35805], Tafzilmeriam in Kimura et al. 2018:225 [ref. 36460], Hasan et al. 2020:137 [ref. 37945], Psomadakis et al. 2020:519 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:314 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Durand et al. 2012:694 [ref. 32366], Durand & Borsa 2015:268 [ref. 34115], Durand 2016:34 [ref. 35589], Fricke et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2022:15 [ref. 39640]). Current status: Valid as Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes 1836). Mugilidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Mariana Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.