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]). Current status: Valid as Sphyraena helleri Jenkins 1901. Sphyraenidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands. 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], 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]). 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; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea migrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.