spilura, Harengula Guichenot [A.] 1863:C-16 [Faune ichthyologique 2nd Partie, Annexe C.; ref. 1943] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1324 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:291 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:15 [ref. 9739]. Species epithet [= with spotted tail] is an indeclinable noun. •Valid as Herklotsichthys spilura (Guichenot 1863) -- (Whitehead 1985:82 [ref. 5141], Fricke 1999:74 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:55 [ref. 35805], Anderson 2022:146 [ref. 39690] as spilurus). Current status: Valid as Herklotsichthys spilura (Guichenot 1863). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Kenya and Tanzania, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, there now extinct). Habitat: marine.