albula, Mugil Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:120, xxxii [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] New Zealand. No types known. Description given on p. 120, Latinized name in index on p. xxxii. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Mugil albula Linnaeus 1766. •Synonym of Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Thomson 1997:472 [ref. 23428]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes 1836). Mugilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
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