aeolus, Sillago Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1902:360, Fig. 24 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1289); ref. 2447] Keerun, Taiwan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 7135. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:75 [ref. 12291], Ho & Shao 2011:44 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard 1824, but a valid subspecies -- (McKay 1985:27 [ref. 5265]). •Valid as Sillago aeolus Jordan & Evermann 1902 -- (McKay 1992:31 [ref. 20879], McKay 1999:2617 [ref. 24836], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:871 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:871 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830] dated to 1909, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:266 [ref. 28072], Satapoomin 2009:110 [ref. 30463], Gao et al. 2011:260 [ref. 31226], Ho & Shao 2011:44 [ref. 31432], Bae et al. 2013:291 [ref. 36299], Kaga 2013:92 [ref. 32686], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:111 [ref. 34464], Xiao et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35074], Motomura et al. 2017:160 [ref. 35490], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:412 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:371 [ref. 39830], Heemstra 2022:385 [ref. 39850] as aeola, Yoshigou 2023:54 [ref. 40669]). Current status: Valid as Sillago aeolus Jordan & Evermann 1902. Sillaginidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa (Delagoa Bay) and East Africa east to Philippines, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.