Species that contain: Ilisha and megaloptera [ 7 ] records

bleekeri, Ilisha Bertin [L.] 1941:24 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 66 (no. 1); ref. 16810] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1867.11.28.19. Based on Ilisha novacula of Bleeker 1866 (not of Valenciennes). •Questionably a synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

dussumieri, Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:316 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Coromandel, southwestern India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3708. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-3707 (1), 0000-3709 (1), 0000-3936 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:292 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:21-22 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:113 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1763 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macropthalma, Platygaster Swainson [W.] 1838:278 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Vizagapatam, India. Neotype: BMNH 1972.5.12.25. Based on "Iangarloo" of Russell 1803:Pl. 191 [ref. 13862]. Neotype designated by Seshagiri Rao 1977:73 [ref. 21670]. Declaried as nomenoblitum by Whitehead 1867:11, 115. •Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Seshagiri Rao 1977:73 [ref. 21670]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

megalopterus, Clupea (Platygaster) Swainson [W.] 1839:294 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Coromandel Coast, India (original locality: Vizagapatham, India). Neotype: MNHN 3708. Based on drawing in Russell 1803:Pl. 191, Jangarloo [ref. 13682]. Neotype designated by Kottelat (2013). •Valid as Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839) -- (Seshagiri Rao 1977:73 [ref. 21670], Kyushin et al. 1982:29 [ref. 19754], Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:119 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:19 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:63 [ref. 22772], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:120 [ref. 27969], Munroe et al. 1999:1763 [ref. 24728], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Zhang 2001:112 [ref. 26586], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:21 [ref. 27712], Ataur Rahman 2003:277 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:13 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:161 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:311 [ref. 36183], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:47 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:89 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:31 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 6 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:303 [ref. 37272], Anderson 2022:162 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to western Indonesia, north to southern China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

motius, Clupanodon Hamilton [F.] 1822:251, 383 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Brahmaputra River, India. No types known. Hamilton's unpublished figure reproduced in Gray 1834, v. 2, Pl. 91 (figs. 3-4); also reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 141 [ref. 37532]. •Questionably the same as Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:120 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Clupanodon motius Hamilton 1822 -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:253 [ref. 24860]). •Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839) -- (Munroe et al. 1999:1764 [ref. 24728], Ataur Rahman 2003:277 [ref. 31338]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

parva, Clupea (Platygaster) Swainson [W.] 1839:294 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Brahaputra, India. Based on Gray, Ind. Zool. ii. pl. f.3 -- which is Gray 1834 [ref. 1878]. •Questionably a synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Uncertain as Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

russellii, Pellona Bleeker [P.] 1852:23 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (8); ref. 16826] Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaja, Pasuruan; Kammal, Tandjong, Madurae Island, Indonesia. Lectotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.13. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 7493 (1 or more of 4). Also appeared in Bleeker 1852:72 [ref. 16832], earliest not established but 1852:23 is cited in ref. 16832. •Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1838) -- (Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson 1839). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.