Species that contain: Escualosa and thoracata [ 7 ] records

argyrotaenia, Rogenia Bleeker [P.] 1852:26 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (8); ref. 16826] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 7088. Paralectotypes: (20) RMNH 23361 (some of 39). Also appeared in Bleeker 1852:457 [ref. 16828] as argijrotaenia with 47 specimens from Muntok, Batavia, Java. Lectotype selected by Whitehead et al. 1966:72, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

coval, Clupea Cuvier [G.] 1829:318, Pl. 186 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Available from footnote as, "Cl. coval, N., Russ., 186, etc." Based on Russell 1803:70, known (Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:37 [ref. 9739]). •Questionably the same as Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). •Status uncertain -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141]). •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

huae, Clupea Tirant [G.] 1883:[29] [Bulletin de la Société des Études Indo-chinoises. Saigon. 1883; ref. 17920] Hué River, Vietnam. Syntypes: ?MGHNL 42000038 [ex 3651] (4). On p. 29 of reprint in Chevey 1929 [ref. 16215]. Original as huae but named for the city of Hué, Vietnam; emended by Chevey 1932:9 [ref. 23060] to hueensis. •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141] but dated to 1929, Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728]). •Tentatively valid as Chela huae (Tirant 1883) -- (Kottelat 1987:12, 21 [ref. 11434]). •Synonym of Chela laubuca (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2001:42 [ref. 25780]). •In genus Laubuca -- (Fang et al. 2009:7 [ref. 29983]). •Synonym of Metzia lineata (Pellegrin 1907) -- (Kottelat 2013:123 [ref. 32989] wih question). Current status: Synonym of Metzia lineata (Pellegrin 1907). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kowal, Clupea Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] (ex Russel) 1837:79 [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: freshwater.

lile, Meletta Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:378 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Pondicherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3173. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3076 [ex MNHN 0000-3173] (1), 3229 (10). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:282 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:17 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:72 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrolepis, Clupea Steindachner [F.] 1879:31 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 20480] Cleveland Bay near Townsville, 19°16'S, 146°48'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 2292. Type information: Whitehead 1970:11 [ref. 11605]. Type catalog: Fricke 1995:10 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:28 [ref. 29864]. Species later described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:13 [ref. 4228]. •Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:153 [ref. 12442], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:326 [ref. 28995], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

thoracata, Kowala Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:363 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Puducherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3172. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3075 [ex MNHN 0000-3172] (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:282 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:16 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:71 [ref. 6464]. •Valid as Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Whitehead 1985:119 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:153 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:46 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:298 [ref. 21400], Kottelat et al. 1993:17 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:66 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:103 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:347 [ref. 23967], Munroe et al. 1999:1795 [ref. 24728], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:235 [ref. 24754], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:134 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Zhang 2001:65 [ref. 26586], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:6 [ref. 27710], Paxton et al. 2006:326 [ref. 28995], Kimura in Kimura & Yoshino 2009:30 [ref. 30440], Larson et al. 2013:34 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:37 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:18 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:152 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35490], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:34 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36495], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:63 [ref. 39830], Anderson 2022:144 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes 1847). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman east Papua New Guinea, north to Philippines, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.