Moolgarda Whitley [G. P.] 1945:14 Fem. Moolgarda pura Whitley 1945. Type by original designation. Considered a nomen dubium and a nomen nudum by some authors. •In part a synonym of Valamugil Smith 1948 -- (Thomson 1997:499 [ref. 23428]). •Synonym of Liza Jordan & Swain 1884 -- (Thomson 1997:511 [ref. 23428]). •Synonym in part of Liza and of Valamugil -- (Harrison 2007:463 [ref. 30081]). •Nomen dubium -- (Durand et al. 2012:692 [ref. 32366], Durand & Borsa 2015:268 [ref. 34115]). •Synonym of Crenimugil Schultz 1946 -- (Xia et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34127], Shen & Durand 2016:78 [ref. 35591]). •Valid as Moolgarda Whitley 1945 -- (Shibukawa 2009:43 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:278 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:94 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:119 [ref. 36273], Hasan et al. 2020:137 [ref. 37945], Bogorodsky et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41171]). Current status: Valid as Moolgarda Whitley 1945. Mugilidae.