eba, Alausa Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:417 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Gorée, Senegal. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0003. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-3086 [ex MNHN 0000-0003] (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:287 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:7 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:49 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838) -- (Svetovidov 1973:103 [ref. 7169], Poll et al. 1984:53 [ref. 6172], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:279 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:106 [ref. 5141], Whitehead 1990:219 [ref. 14039], Gourene & Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1990:101 [ref. 21589], Munroe 2016:1736 [ref. 34560]). Current status: Synonym of Sardinella maderensis (Lowe 1838). Dorosomatidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.