platura, Belone Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1837:73, Pl. 20 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 673. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1860.11.9.70 [from Rüppell] (1) Red Sea; SMF 11913 (3), 11914 (1, skeleton). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:19 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Belone platyura Bennett 1832 -- (Mees 1962:58 [ref. 13277]). •Synonym of Platybelone argalus [sometimes as argala] (Lesueur 1821), but a valid subspecies -- (Parin 1967:18 [ref. 10272], Dor 1984:64 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:16 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:86 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:128 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:116 [ref. 24106], Collette 2003:4, 16 [ref. 27306], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Mundy 2005:281 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:716 [ref. 28995], Motomura et al. 2010:82 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Platybelone platura (Rüppell 1837) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:43 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Platybelone platura (Rüppell 1837). Belonidae. Distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.