carpentariae, Engraulis De Vis [C. W.] 1882:320 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 3); ref. 17382] Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. Lectotype: AMS I.377. Paralectotypes: QM I.113 (2). Lectotype selected by Whitley 1940:403 [ref. 4699]. The two paratypes probably belong to Stolephorus balinensis, see Hata & Motomura 2024:6 [ref. 41173]. •Valid as Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis 1882) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:406 [ref. 5725], Paxton et al. 1989:160 [ref. 12442], Wongratana et al. 1999:1731 [ref. 24719], Johnson 1999:722 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:314 [ref. 28995], Larson et al. 2013:31 [ref. 32988], Hata et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37925], Hata & Motomura 2024:2 [ref. 41173]). Current status: Valid as Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis 1882). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern coast of Australia and Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine.