Species that contain: Coilia and mystus [ 8 ] records

clupeoides, Mystus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:466, 467 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:49 [ref. 9739]. Unnecessary replacement for Mystus mystus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Okada 1961:292 [ref. 6363], Whitehead et al. 1988:469 [ref. 5725], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hamiltonii, Chaetomus McClelland [J.] 1843:406 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Unneeded replacement name for Mystus ramcarati Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:264 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton 1822). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

jiulongjiangensis, Coilia mystus Liu [W.-B.] 1995:562 [English p. 565] [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 22581] Jiulongjiang, China. No types known. •Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mystus, Clupea Linnaeus [C.] 1758:319 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Indian Ocean (erroneous, should be China). Syntypes: NRM 74 (1), ZMUU Linn. coll. 108 (1). Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:32 [ref. 23530], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:210 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1991:159, Fig. 4 [ref. 20102]. Sometimes spelled mistus. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1759:252 [ref. 24770]. •Valid as Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Okada 1961:292 [ref. 6363], Whitehead et al. 1988:469 [ref. 5725], Zheng et al. 1989:26 [ref. 21202], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:44 [ref. 23876], Youn & Kim 1996:36 [ref. 25727], Chen et al. 1997:15 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:83 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:150 [ref. 24032], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:14 [ref. 25482], Wang et al. 2001:60 [ref. 26566], Zhang 2001:151 [ref. 26586], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989], Hata in Kimura et al. 2018:39 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 6 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:57 [ref. 39118]). Current status: Valid as Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Vietnam and China to Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nasus, Coilia Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:243, Pl. 109 (fig. 4) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3367 (1 of 2). Paralectotypes: RMNH 3367 (1 of 2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:178 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Okada 1961:292 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Coilia nasus Temminck & Schlegel 1846, subspecies nasus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:44 [ref. 25598]). •Synonym of Collia ectenes Jorday & Seale 1905 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:47 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Colia nasus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:20 [ref. 6441], Whitehead et al. 1988:470 [ref. 5725], Youn & Kim 1996:34 [ref. 25727], Kim 1997:148 [ref. 24032], Nakabo 2000:248 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Kim & Park 2002:47 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:248 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:149, 495 [ref. 26218], Kim et al. 2020:59 [ref. 39118], Xuan et al. 2021:1413 [ref. 38687]). Current status: Valid as Coilia nasus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China, Korea, Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

playfairii, Choetomus McClelland [J.] 1843:405, Pl. 24 (fig. 3) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] China. No types known. Original genus should have been Chaetomus. •Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:469 [ref. 5725], Zhang 2001:152 [ref. 26586] as Chaetomus, Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

prionostoma, Osteoglossum Basilewsky [S.] 1855:244 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Gulf of Tschiliensis, China. No types at ZIN. •Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:469 [ref. 5725], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989]), Current status: Synonym of Coilia mystus (Linnaeus 1758). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ramcarati, Mystus Hamilton [F.] 1822:233, 382 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Botanical Garden of Calcutta, Ganges River estuary, India. Possible holotype: BMNH 1858.8.15.104 (1). Spelled ramacarate on p. 382; spelled ramarata by Gray 1831:9 [ref. 1879]; also as Ramarata coilia in Gray 1831:9 [ref. 1879]. Renamed Engraulis (Coilia) hamiltonii in Gray 1830:Pl. 85 (fig. 3) [ref. 1878]. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:42 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 132 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton 1822) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:473 [ref. 5725], Ataur Rahman 1989:241 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:130 [ref. 20764], Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:264 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:53 [ref. 32989], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 6 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:295 [ref. 37272]). Current status: Valid as Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton 1822). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal (India) and Bangladesh to Myanmar. Habitat: brackish, marine.