Belone melanostigma (EEIRENBERG) VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 
vol. 18, p. 450, 1846 (type locality 5 Red Sea). — GUNTHER, 
Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 6, p. 241, 1866 (copied). -- 
KLUNZINGER, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, p. 581, 1871 
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1889.. — SAUVAGE, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 526, 1891 
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Tylosurus melanostigma JORDAN and EVERMANK, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
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Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, p. 175, 1909 (copied). 
Belone gracilis (not LOWE) SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pt. 2 
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Japan); (Nal. Ich. Jap.), vol. 26, pp. 5, 116, 1857 (Nagasaki); 
Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland., vol. 3, no. 3, p. 6, 1857-58 
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Mastacembelus gracilis BLEEKER, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., 
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