leiurus, Belone Bleeker [P.] 1850:94 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 13402] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1866.5.2.4 (1), RMNH 6946 (some of 9), SMNS 10573 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1991:9 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:16 [ref. 29864]. The species epithet leiurus is a noun in apposition, and therefore does not change its ending. •Synonym of Belone ciconia Richardson 1846 -- (Mees 1962:21 [ref. 13277]). •Valid as Strongylura leiura (Bleeker 1850) -- (Parin 1967:31 [ref. 10272], Collette 1986:387 [ref. 5647], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:342 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:58 [ref. 15987], Kottelat et al. 1993:89 [ref. 23448], Kuiter 1993:65 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:86 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:350 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:128 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:58 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:75 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:116 [ref. 24106], Collette 1999:2157 [ref. 24785], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:137 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:24 [ref. 25847], Collette 2003:7 [ref. 27306], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:126 [ref. 28072], Paxton et al. 2006:718 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:408 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:31 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:371 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:65 [ref. 32988], Kottlelat 2013:298 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:64 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:176 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:314 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:106 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:22 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 11 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:335 [ref. 37272], Collette 2022:377 [ref. 39718]). •Valid as Strongylura leiurus (Bleeker 1850). Current status: Valid as Strongylura leiurus (Bleeker 1850). Belonidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Easter Island and Sala-y-Gomez Ridge, north to central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: brackish, marine.
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