lemuru, Sardinella Bleeker [P.] 1853:500 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.41. Paralectotypes: (11) RMNH 7103 (some of 9), 28926 [ex RMNH 76326] (1); ?MNHN 0000-3226 (1). Bleeker specimens: NMV A2051 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:286 [ref. 293], Whitehead & Bauchot 1986:51 [ref. 9739]. Lectotype selected by Whitehead et al. 1966:48 [ref. 6860]. •Synonym of Sardinella aurita Valenciennes 1847 -- (Stern et al. 2017:[9] 499 [ref. 36753]). •Valid as Sardinella lemuru Bleeker 1853 -- (Whitehead 1985:103 [ref. 5141], Paxton et al. 1989:157 [ref. 12442], Munroe et al. 1999:1814 [ref. 24728], Kim et al. 2001:190 [ref. 25730], Nakabo 2000:245 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:138 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:245 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:151, 499 [ref. 26218], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:16 [ref. 27510], Paxton et al. 2006:333 [ref. 28995], Hata in Kimura et al. 2018:38 [ref. 36460], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], Hata & Motomura 2019:19 [ref. 37147], Kim et al. 2020:59 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Sardinella lemuru Bleeker 1853. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Andaman Sea east to Philippines, north to Korea and Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.