vitrirostris, Engraulis Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1908:201 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 14320] Inner harbor, Durban, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: SAM 9932. Paralectotypes: SAM 9931 (1, headless), 9746 (1, headless). Lectotype selected by Hata & Motomura 2019:5 [ref. 37033]. •Valid as Thrissina vitrirostris (Gilchrist & Thompson 1908) -- (Hata & Motomura 2019:5 [ref. 37033]). •Valid as Thryssa vitrirostris (Gilchrist & Thompson 1908) -- (Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:206 [ref. 6284], Whitehead et al. 1988:445 [ref. 5725], Randall 1995:72 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:119 [ref. 23922] as vetrirostris, Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703], Zhang 2001:143 [ref. 26586] as vitirostris, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Psomadakis et al. 2015:160 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:309 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:53 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:30 [ref. 37020], Afrand et al. 2020:378 [ref. 37322], Psomadakis et al. 2020:302 [ref. 37272], Anderson 2022:177 [ref. 39690]). Current status: Valid as Thryssa vitrirostris (Gilchrist & Thompson 1908). Engraulidae: Coiliinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar; east coast of India and Myanmar. Habitat: brackish, marine.