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A neotype is described for Platygaster macrophthalma Swainson, 1838 (Pisces: Clupeidae) from the type locality, Visakhapatnam, India.
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Seshagiri Rao, B.V. Description of a neotype for platygaster macrophthalma Swainson, 1838 (= Ilisha megaloptera). Hydrobiologia 53, 73–74 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021234
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