Escualosa Whitley [G. P.] 1940:402 Fem. Clupea macrolepis Steindachner 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Escualosa Whitley 1940 -- (Grande 1985:250 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:118 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Paxton et al. 1989:152 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:46 [ref. 21090], Monroe et al. 1999:1778 [ref. 24728], Paxton et al. 2006:326 [ref. 28995], Paxton et al. 2006:326 [ref. 28995], Kimura in Kimura & Yoshino 2009:30 [ref. 30440], Kottelat 2013:60 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Escualosa Whitley 1940. Dorosomatidae.