Species that contain: Ilisha and melastoma [ 7 ] records

brachysoma, Pellona Bleeker [P.] 1852:22 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (8); ref. 16826] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.16. •Synonym of Ilisha indica (Swainson 1939) -- (Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1764 [ref. 24728]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ditchoa, Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:313 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Vizagapatham, India. No types known. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:44 [ref. 9739]. Based on Russell, p. 74, Pl. 192. •Synonym of Ilisha indica (Swainson 1839) -- (Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Munroe et al. 1999:1764 [ref. 24728]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

indicus, Clupea (Platygaster) Swainson [W.] 1839:294 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Based on Russ. pl. 193 -- which is Russell 1803:Pl. 193 [ref. 13862]. Objective synonym of verticalus Swainson. •Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141], Randall 1995:69 [ref. 22896], Munroe et al. 1999:1764 [ref. 24728]). •Valid as Ilisha indica (Swainson 1839) -- (Kuang & Liang in Kuang et al. 1986:20 [ref. 26639], Cheng & Zhou 1997:73 [ref. 26385]). •Synonym of Opistopterus tardoore (Cuvier 1839) -- (Kottelat 2013:51 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

melastoma, Clupea Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:427 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Near Coromandel, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3842. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:65 [ref. 24282] with locality as Indian Ocean. Declared a nomen oblitum by Whitehead 1967:11. •Synonym of Ilisha indica (Swainson 1839) -- (Kottelat 2013:49 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:155 [ref. 12442], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:121 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:19 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:213 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:69 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:120 [ref. 27969] with author as Schneider, Carpenter et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23922], Munroe et al. 1999:1764 [ref. 24728], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:236 [ref. 24754], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703], Zhang 2001:110 [ref. 26586] with author as Schneider, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710] with author as Schneider, Mishra & Krishnan 2003:21 [ref. 27712] with author as Schneider, Adrim et al. 2004:118 [ref. 27715], Kimura 2009:24 [ref. 30426], Yoshida et al. 2013:29 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:161 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:311 [ref. 36183], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:48 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 6 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:303 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39830], Anderson 2022:162 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan east to western Indonesia and South China Sea, Vietnam north to Taiwan. IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

micropus, Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:320 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Coromandel coast, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3711. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-3712 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:292 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:23 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:116 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Ilisha indica (Swainson 1839) -- (Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

schlegelii, Pellona Bleeker [P.] 1853:18 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 7); ref. 340] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.11.28.72 (1). Available as Pellona Schlegelii Blkr. = Clupea melastoma T. Schl." referring to Temminck & Schlegel 1846:237, Pl. 108 (fig. 1). Also appeared in Bleeker 1854:418 [ref. 13964]. •Synonym of Ilisha elongata (Anonymous [Bennett] 1830) -- (Whitehead 1985:265 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 2013:49 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha elongata (Anonymous [Bennett] 1830). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

verticalis, Platygaster Swainson [W.] 1838:278 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Based on "Ditchoee" of Russell 1803, Pl. 192 (fig. 1) [ref. 13862]. Declared a nomen oblitum by Whitehead 1967:11. •In the synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 2013:49 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.