micropus, Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:320 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 20; ref. 1012] Coromandel coast, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-3711. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-3712 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:292 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:23 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead 1967:116 [ref. 6464]. •Synonym of Ilisha indica (Swainson 1839) -- (Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Whitehead 1985:272 [ref. 5141]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Pristigasteridae. Habitat: brackish, marine.