Equulites (subgenus of Leiognathus) Fowler [H. W.] 1904:513 Masc. Leiognathus vermiculatus Fowler 1904. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Leiognathus Lacepède 1802 -- (Böhlke 1984:119 [ref. 13621], Jones 1985:571 [ref. 21842]). •Valid as Equulites Fowler 1904 -- (Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:6 [ref. 29788], Kimura et al. 2008:204-205 [ref. 29614], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:15 [ref. 30812], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:110 [ref. 31090], Abraham et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31311], Golani et al. 2011:S75 [ref. 31436], Kottelat 2013:337 [ref. 32989], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2015:298 [ref. 33837] as a tribe Equulitini, Sparks & Chakrabarty 2015:186 [ref. 33740], Suzuki & Kimura 2017:1 [ref. 35231], Motomura et al. 2017:122 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:189 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:149 [ref. 36673], Suzuki & Kimura 2023:6 [ref. 40749]). Current status: Valid as Equulites Fowler 1904. Leiognathidae: Gazzinae.