grayii, Coilia Richardson [J.] 1845:no p., Pl. 54 (figs. 1-2) [Ichthyology.--Part 2. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 20574] China Seas. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.9.19.1157 or 1581. Type information: Whitehead 1970:209 [ref. 11606]. Available from plate; text in Richardson 1845:99 [ref. 20275]. •Valid as Coilia grayii Richardson 1845 -- (Kuang & Liang in Kuang et al. 1986:25 [ref. 26639] as grayi dated 1844, Whitehead et al. 1988:466 [ref. 5725], Zheng et al. 1989:25 [ref. 21202], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:43 [ref. 23876] as grayi, Chen et al. 1997:15 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:14 [ref. 25482], Zhang 2001:150 [ref. 26586] dated 1844, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989], Anderson 2022:166 [ref. 39690], Chan et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Coilia grayii Richardson 1845. Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southwest coast of India east to Taiwan, north to East China Sea. Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: brackish, marine.