Species that contain: Strongylura and senegalensis [ 2 ] records

capensis, Belone Günther [A.] 1866:247 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [probably in error for a locality further north in the eastern Atlantic]. Lectotype: BMNH 1845.11.8.17. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1851.10.26.115 (1, stuffed, poor condition). Lectotype selected by Mees 1962:36, footnote [ref. 13277]. See also Opinion 900 where houttuyni is rejected for priority. See Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306] for comments on type locality. •Synonym of Belone houttuyni (Walbaum 1792) -- (Mees 1962:33 [ref. 13277]). •Not the same as Petalichthys capensis Regan 1904. •Synonym of Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306]). Current status: Synonym of Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes 1846). Belonidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

senegalensis, Belone Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:421 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Senegal. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4581. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2572 [not 2673] (2). Type catalog: Collette et al. 1997:8 [ref. 22813]. Lectotype selected by Collette & Parin 1970:25 [ref. 7415]. •Synonym of Belone houttuyni (Walbaum 1792) -- (Mees 1962:33 [ref. 13277]). •Valid as Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Collette & Parin 1970:23 [ref. 7415], Collette & Parin 1990:595 [ref. 16473], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:582 [ref. 21590], Lovejoy & Collette 2001:329 [ref. 25232], Collette 2003:8 [ref. 27306], Banford et al. 2004:834 [ref. 27645], Collette 2016:2125 [ref. 34601], Fermon et al. 2022:268 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes 1846). Belonidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.