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Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)

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Examination of the holotypes of two nominal species, Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837) and E. devisi (Whitley 1940), both previously recognized as valid species, was revealed to represent a single species. Accordingly, E. heteroloba is regarded as a senior synonym of E. devisi. Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933), previously regarded as a junior synonym of E. heteroloba, is in fact a valid species in its own right and is therefore elevated accordingly. Encrasicholina heteroloba is distinguished from its congeners by a long upper jaw (posterior tip extending beyond the posterior margin of the preopercle), three unbranched rays in the dorsal and anal fins, and a shorter relative head length (24.9–28.9 % of standard length). Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba differs from its congeners in having a long upper jaw (posterior tip extending beyond the posterior margin of the preopercle) and two unbranched rays in the dorsal and anal fins. A neotype is designated for E. pseudoheteroloba.

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We thank M. McGrouther, A. Hay, and S. Reader (AMS), M. Sabaj (ANSP), O. Crimmen and J. Maclaine (BMNH), M.-A. Rogers, L. Smith, K. Swagel, and M. Westneat (FMNH), D. Golani (HUJ), R. Causse, P. Pruvost, and P. Béarez (MNHN), R. de Ruiter (RMNH), T. Alpermann and S. Drow (SMF) and J. Williams (USNM) for opportunities to examine specimens of Encrasicholina. We also thank Y. Haraguchi and other volunteers, and students of KAUM for their curatorial assistance, F. Krupp (SMF) for information on Rüppell’s figure, and G. Hardy (Ngunguru, New Zealand) for reading the manuscript and providing help with English. This study was supported in part by Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Science Society (28-745), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A: 26241027, B: 24370041 and C: 23580259 and 26450265) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan (JSPS), Core-to-Core Program, “Research and Education Network on Southeast Asian Coastal Ecosystems”,, the Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia Project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, and the “Biological Properties of Biodiversity Hotspots in Japan” project of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, and “Establishment of Research and Education Network on Biodiversity and Its Conservation in the Satsunan Islands” project of Kagoshima University adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

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Hata, H., Motomura, H. Validity of Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba (Hardenberg 1933) and redescription of Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell 1837), a senior synonym of Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley 1940) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyol Res 64, 18–28 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-016-0529-4

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