mediterranea, Meletta Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:369 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Toulon, France, western Mediterranean Sea. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3745. Paralectotypes: B-3092 [ex MNHN 0000-3745] (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:285 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:17 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:41 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847 -- (Svetovidov 1973:103 [ref. 7169], Whitehead 1985:93 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:215 [ref. 14039]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847. Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.