Species that contain: Sardinella and melanura [ 8 ] records

atricauda, Clupea Günther [A.] 1868:426 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.31. Paratypes: (3) ?BMNH 1867.11.28.40 (1). Perhaps can be considered a replacement name for Harengula melanurus Bleeker 1853, secondarily preoccupied by Clupea melanura Cuvier 1829 (and Alausa melanura Valenciennes 1847), but Günther includes three nominal species with question in synonymy and provides a description; specimens above were ones seen by Günther (if regarded as an original description). •Valid as Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868) -- (Whitehead 1985:92 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1809 [ref. 24728], Stern et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34733]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

commersoni, Clupeonia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:350 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Mumbai, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-2206. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3078 [ex MNHN 0000-2206] (1), 0000-2958 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:286-287 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:12 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:64 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829) -- (Whitehead 1985:108 [ref. 5141], Fricke 1999:75 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

melanura, Clupea Cuvier [G.] 1829:318 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Neotype: MNHN 0000-3233. Non-types: MNHN B-3090 [ex MNHN 0000-3233] (2). Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:11 [ref. 9739]. Available from footnote as, "Cl. melanura, N., Lacéd., V, xi, 3, sous le nom de Clupanodon Jussieu, mais la description se rapporte à la fig. xi, 3, nommée variété du clupanodon chinois." Neotype designated by Whitehead 1967:62 [ref. 6464]. •Valid as Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor 1984:42 [ref. 29757], Whitehead 1985:108 [ref. 5141], Randall 1995:65 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:113 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:112 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:75 [ref. 24106], Munroe et al. 1999:1815 [ref. 24728], Nakabo 2000:245 [ref. 25086], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:139 [ref. 27511], Motomura et al. 2001:83 [ref. 25595], Sakai et al. 2001:86 [ref. 25693], Zhang 2001:77 [ref. 26586], Nakabo 2002:245 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:56 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:333 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:355 [ref. 31242], Psomadakis et al. 2015:154 [ref. 34104], Stern et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34733], Fricke et al. 2018:56 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:27 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:57 [ref. 36673], Hata & Motomura 2019:19 [ref. 37147], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:293 [ref. 37272], Hata & Motomura 2021:394 [ref. 38334], Anderson 2022:150 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to northern Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Dampier Archipelago (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) south to 23°03'S and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

melanurus, Harengula Bleeker [P.] 1854:245 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 16901] Ceram, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1867.11.28.31 (1), RMNH 7095 (1 or more of 6). Non-type Bleeker specimens: MNHN 0000-3737 to 3738 (4, 2), A-7660 (1); NMV A937 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:287-288 [ref. 293]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Clupea melanura Cuvier 1829 when both were in Clupea, replaced by Clupea atricauda Günther 1868 and by Harengula valenciennesi Bleeker 1868. •Synonym of Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868) -- (Whitehead 1985:92 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1809 [ref. 24728]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

nigricaudata, Sardinella Chan [W. L.] 1965:7, Fig. 19 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 1/3); ref. 20948] Bushman Bay, Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 63325 [ex CAS-SU 25031]. •Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829) -- (Whitehead 1985:108 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1815 [ref. 24728]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

valenciennesi, Harengula (Paralosa) Bleeker [P.] 1868:300 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 2; ref. 423] Waigeo, Indonesia. Available as "Harengula (Paralosa) valenciennesi Blkr = Har. melanurus Blkr." Essentially a replacement name for Harengula melanurus Bleeker 1853, preoccupied by Clupea melanura Cuvier 1829 when both are in Clupea. •Synonym of Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868) -- (Whitehead 1985:92 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella atricauda (Günther 1868). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: marine.

vanicoris, Harengula Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:187 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Based on Alausa melanura of Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:441, not Clupea Melanura Cuvier. •Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829) -- (Whitehead 1985:108 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vittata, Clupeonia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:352 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Neotype: MNHN 0000-3233. Type catalog: Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:13 [ref. 9739]. "Lectotype" designated by Whitehead 1967:66 [ref. 6464], but recognized as a neotype by Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:13 [ref. 9739]. •Objective synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829) -- (Dor 1984:42 [ref. 29757], Whitehead 1985:108 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1815 [ref. 24728], Fricke et al. 2018:56 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella melanura (Cuvier 1829). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.