WoRMS name details
Harengula ovalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
217445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217445)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea ovalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. (1830). Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. <em>John Murray, London.</em> 701 pp. [Most workers cite Bennett as author, but there is no internal evidence that he was the author. We treat Bennett as the anonymous author and place his name in brackets as required by the ICZN code, but we use the convention "Anonymous [Bennett] 1830".]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Harengula ovalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217445 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea ovalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. (1830). Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. <em>John Murray, London.</em> 701 pp. [Most workers cite Bennett as author, but there is no internal evidence that he was the author. We treat Bennett as the anonymous author and place his name in brackets as required by the ICZN code, but we use the convention "Anonymous [Bennett] 1830".]. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
source of synonymy Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
source of synonymy Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]





Unreviewed
synonymy Two valid names are listed in <111> against Harengula Ovalis, the other being Herklotsichthys lippa Whitley 1931, endemic to Australia [details]