Species that contain: Ilisha and africana [ 5 ] records

africana, Clupea Bloch [M. E.] 1795:45, Pl. 407 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Red Sea? (probably erroneous, original from Accra, Ghana, eastern Atlantic Ocean). Lectotype: ZMB 3874 (ca 154 mm). Paralectotypes: ZMB 3874 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:64 [ref. 24282]. On p. 36 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype established by Whitehead 1969:268 by use of holotype; also treated as such by Paepke 1999:64 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795) -- (Poll et al. 1984:44 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:263 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:226 [ref. 14039], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1990:112 [ref. 21589], Munroe 2016:1719 [ref. 34560], Reiner 2019:80 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795). Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

dolloi, Pristigaster Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:271, Pl. 30 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 1 (pt 1) (art. 4); ref. 4865] Banana, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): IRSNB 15. Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:7 [ref. 20755]. •Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795) -- (Poll et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:263 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:226 [ref. 14039]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gabonica, Pellona Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:259, Pl. 23 (figs. 3-3a) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3203. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:293 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:22 [ref. 9739]. •Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795) -- (Poll et al. 1984:44 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:263 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:226 [ref. 14039]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

iserti, Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:307 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Acara, Ghana. No types known. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:45 [ref. 9739]. •Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795) -- (Poll et al. 1984:44 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:263 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:226 [ref. 14039]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

melanota, Ilisha Derscheid [J. M.] 1924:278 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 15443] Congo River mouth, West Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1924.7.18.1-3 (3), MNHN 1923-0069 and 0070 (1, 1), MRAC 14774-83 [ex 3395-3404] (10). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:293 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:15 [ref. 9739]. Also appeared as new in Derscheid 1924:[28] [ref. 31472]. •Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795) -- (Poll et al. 1984:45 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:263 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:226 [ref. 14039]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha africana (Bloch 1795). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.