pinguis, Atherina Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:371, 373, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: SAIAB 5682 (not 20821). Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:112 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]; Kottelat disagrees. Type designated by Kimura et al. 2007:155 [ref. 29157]. •Valid as Pranesus pinguis (Lacepède 1803) -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:578 [ref. 7217], Dor 1984:67 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster 1801) -- (Ivantsoff 1986:382 [ref. 6292], Paxton et al. 1989:356 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:59 [ref. 15987], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1991:487 [ref. 19162], Fricke 1999:111 [ref. 24106], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2125 [ref. 24783], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:58 [ref. 26753], Randall 2005:78 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:702 [ref. 28995], Kottelat 2013:286 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepède 1803) -- (Kimura et al. 2007:155 [ref. 29157], Kimura 2009:47 [ref. 30426], Kottelat 2013:287 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:59 [ref. 34464], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:3 [ref. 33189] as cf. pinguis, Fricke et al. 2018:101 [ref. 35805], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:70 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:20 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:334 [ref. 37272], Fujiwara et al. 2022:88 [ref. 39094], Kimura 2022:331 [ref. 39715]). Current status: Valid as Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepède 1803). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Indonesia, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.