oligolepis, Albula Hidaka [K.], Iwatsuki [Y.] & Randall [J. E.] 2008:59, Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Research v. 55 (no. 1); ref. 29526] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB 54385. Paratypes: BMNH 1863.12.15.12 (1), 1927.4.14.1 (1), 1962.3.26.9 (1); BPBM 20270 (1), 27994 (1); NSMT-P 60194 (1); SAIAB 16545 (1), 17632 (2), 17633 (2), 18221 (1); USNM 176897 (2). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall 2008 -- (Fricke et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30213], Iwatsuki 2009:16 [ref. 30433], Kwun & Kim 2011:57 [ref. 31334], Pfeiler et al. 2011:3 [ref. 31589], Kottelat 2013:36 [ref. 32989], Zajonz et al. 2019:61 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:270 [ref. 37272], Heemstra 2022:35 [ref. 39680], Matsunuma et al. 2022:272 [ref. 39583], Zajonz et al. 2022:37 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Albula oligolepis Hidaka, Iwatsuki & Randall 2008. Albulidae: Albulinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), southern Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.