Species that contain: Sphyraena and acutipinnis [ 6 ] records

acutipinnis, Sphyraena Day [F.] 1876:342, Pl. 79 (fig. 1) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Sind [Sindh], Pakistan, Arabian Sea, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1599. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. Based on one specimen originally; specimen described by Talwar 1968:197 [ref. 26958]. Kottelat (2013) cites a freshwater record. •Valid as Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (de Sylva 1975:83 [ref. 6302], de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:132 [ref. 20996], Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1997:35 [ref. 26476], Fricke 1999:555 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:123 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Senou 2001:3689 [ref. 26303], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:373 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:498 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1749 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2009:110 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:445 [ref. 32989], Abdussamad et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33861], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Psomadakis et al. 2015:308 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:358 [ref. 35805], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Psomadakis et al. 2020:563 [ref. 37272], Morishita & Motomura 2020:564 [ref. 37508], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:246 [ref. 40160]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

africana, Sphyraena Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1909:256 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 6 (pt 3, no. 5); ref. 1650] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAM 10149. •Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (Daget 1986:350 [ref. 6203], de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896], Senou 2001:3689 [ref. 26303]). •Valid as Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson 1909 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:121 [ref. 6441], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:642 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1337 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1337 [ref. 26193], Fricke et al. 2018:358 [ref. 35805], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Morishita & Motomura 2020:564 [ref. 37508], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:247 [ref. 40160]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson 1909. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

helleri, Sphyraena Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:387, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 49692. See Randall 1995:367 [ref. 22896]. •Status uncertain -- (de Sylva 1975:82 [ref. 6302]). •Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611]). •Valid as Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901 -- (Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Randall et al. 1990:292 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:292 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:276 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:29 [ref. 25829], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1337 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Senou 2001:3693 [ref. 26303], Nakabo 2002:1337 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:607 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:498 [ref. 28379], Bray & Hoese 2006:1750 [ref. 29049], Randall 2007:442 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1038 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Fricke et al. 2019:307 [ref. 36673], Morishita & Motomura 2020:546 [ref. 37508], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:248 [ref. 40160], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Sphyraena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:354 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Japan. No types known. As Sphyraena japonica? Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Sphyraena japonica Bloch & Schneider 1801. Also based on Houttuyn, so Cuvier's name is also a synonym. •Incorrectly treated as valid as Sphyraena japonica Cuvier 1829 -- (Wu & Lu in Kuang et al. 1986:201 [ref. 26639], Choi et al. 2003:416, 670 [ref. 26218], Kim et al. 2020:179 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:111 [ref. 37637]). •Homonym and synonym of Sphyraena japonica Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Questionably a synonym of Sphryaena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (Kottelat 2013:445 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876. Sphyraenidae. Habitat: marine.

natalensis, Sphyraena von Bonde [C.] 1923:10, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] KwaZulu-Natal coast, 24°35'40"S, 31°21'17"E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Pickle station 299, depth 36 fathoms. Syntypes: (6) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 82 (1). Type information: Winterbottom 1974:9 [ref. 19544]. •Synonym of Sphyraena africana Gilchrist & Thompson 1909 -- (de Sylva 1975:82 [ref. 6302]). •Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:722 [ref. 6301], Kottelat 2013:445 [ref. 32989], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:246 [ref. 40160]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876. Sphyraenidae. Habitat: marine.

obtusata, Sphyraena Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:350 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Puducherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-5486. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-9600 (2) Port Jackson, A-3530 (1) Réunion, A-3531 (1) Malabar, B-1878 (1) Réunion. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:677 [ref. 21541]. Lectotype selected by Doiuchi & Nakabo 2005:141 [ref. 28229]. •Possible synonym (in part) of Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger 1884 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:723 [ref. 6301]). •Possible synonym (in part) of Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell 1838 -- (de Sylva & Williams 1986:724 [ref. 6301], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377]). •Synonym in part of Sphyraena acutipinnis Day 1876 -- (Fricke 1999:555 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier 1829 -- (de Sylva 1975:83 [ref. 6302], Dor 1984:194 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:121 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:110 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:230 [ref. 24016], Kuiter 1993:265 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:667 [ref. 22532], Goren & Dor 1994:52 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:368 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:197 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:176 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:221 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:36 [ref. 26476], Myers 1999:277 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:556 [ref. 24106], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:251 [ref. 24754], Mishra et al. 1999:87 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Senou 2001:3695 [ref. 26303], Choi et al. 2003:416, 670 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:63 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Parin 2003:S25 [ref. 28536], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:373 [ref. 28072], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2005:137 [ref. 28229], Bray & Hoese 2006:1751 [ref. 29049], Vasil'eva 2007:175 [ref. 30517], Gomon 2008:774, 776 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:110 [ref. 30213], Kimura in Matsuura & Kimura 2009:309 [ref. 31170], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1039 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:214 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:446 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:201 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:187 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:310 [ref. 34104], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492], Motomura et al. 2017:208 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:340 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:359 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:121 [ref. 36273], Suresh et al. 2018:307 [ref. 36495], Ballen 2019:402 [ref. 37027], Eagderi et al. 2019:116 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:308 [ref. 36673], Miki in Koeda & Ho 2019:1153 [ref. 42393], Zajonz et al. 2019:108 [ref. 36871] as cf. obtusata, Bogorodsky et al. 2020:533 [ref. 38001], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 17 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:565 [ref. 37272], Kovačić et al. 2021:51 [ref. 39014], Doiuchi & Nakabo 2022:250 [ref. 40160], Zajonz et al. 2022:240 [ref. 40522], Vilasri et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1197 [ref. 40796], Kai & Gosho 2025:93 [ref. 42505]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier 1829. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to Samoa, north to southern Japan and Korea, south to Lord Howe Islands and New Caledonia. IUCN (2024): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.