Species that contain: Spratelloides and gracilis [ 3 ] records

argyrotaeniata, Clupea Bleeker [P.] 1849:72 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 316] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: AMS B.7960 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.47 (1), MNHN 0000-3703 (1), RMNH 24956 (some out of 14), SMNS 10584 (2 syntypes). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:299 [ref. 293], Fricke 1991:11 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:28 [ref. 29864] •Synonym of Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Whitehead 1985:34 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1817 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:335 [ref. 28995], Ishimori et al. 2015:534 [ref. 34015]). Current status: Synonym of Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Spratelloididae. Habitat: marine.

atrofasciatus, Spratelloides Schultz [L. P.] 1943:8, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Fagasa Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 115099. Paratypes: MCZ 37298 [ex USNM 115100] (1). •Synonym of Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Whitehead 1985:34 [ref. 5141], Munroe et al. 1999:1817 [ref. 24728], Randall 2005:57 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Spratelloides atrofasciatus Schultz 1943 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:244 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:244 [ref. 26001], Ishimori et al. 2015:528 [ref. 34015], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35333], Akaike et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38809]). Current status: Valid as Spratelloides atrofasciatus Schultz 1943. Spratelloididae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands north to southern Japan; Samoa. Habitat: marine.

gracilis, Clupea Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:238, Pl. 108 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Southeastern coasts of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3260a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 3260b-k (10). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:175 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Dor 1984:40 [ref. 29757], Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Whitehead 1985:34 [ref. 5141], Allen & Swainston 1988:30 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:157 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:47 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:10 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:68 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:50 [ref. 23977], Youn & Kim 1998:52 [ref. 25737], Myers 1999:60 [ref. 23965], Munroe et al. 1999:1817 [ref. 24728], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:244 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Zhang 2001:60 [ref. 26586], Nakabo 2002:244 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:151, 499 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830] with author as Schlegel, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:17 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:57 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:334 [ref. 28995], Kimura in Kimura & Yoshino 2009:31 [ref. 30440], Motomura et al. 2010:75 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:355 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:120 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:37 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:25 [ref. 33932], Ishimori et al. 2015:527 [ref. 34015], Psomadakis et al. 2015:155 [ref. 34104], Kwun et al. 2017:141 [ref. 37287], Motomura et al. 2017:43 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:31 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:57 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:61 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:293 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37637], Anderson 2022:158 [ref. 39690], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Spratelloididae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Chagos Archipelago east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Pollynesia), north to Korea and Japan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.