alcyone, Sardinella Hata [H.] & Motomura [H.] 2019:19, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4702 (no. 1); ref. 37147] Mouth of the Nasada River, Nago, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 26°38'05"N, 128°00'07"E, depth 1 meter. Holotype: KAUM-I. 108333. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.3.21.333, KAUM, SPMN, URM. •Valid as Sardinella alcyone Hata & Motomura 2019 -- (Hata in Koeda & Ho 2019:220 [ref. 42208]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella alcyone Hata & Motomura 2019. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southwestern Taiwan and Ryukyu islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.