nuchalis, Equula Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:126, Pl. 67 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype: RMNH 1287. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:110 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Uyeno & Yabumoto in Masuda et al. 1984:158 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:519 [ref. 25598], Kim 1997:419 [ref. 24032], Sato et al. 1998:40 [ref. 24972], Mizuno et al. 1999:9 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:810 [ref. 25086], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:111 [ref. 25480], Kim & Park 2002:344 [ref. 25913], Woodland et al. 2001:2797 [ref. 26095], Nakabo 2002:810 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:334, 609 [ref. 26218], Ikejima et al. 2004:908 [ref. 27755], Sparks & Dunlap 2004:7 [ref. 27928], Ra et al. 2005:94 [ref. 28304]). •Valid as Nuchequula nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Chakrabarty & Sparks 2007:18 [ref. 29266], Kimura et al. 2008:39 [ref. 29525], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:116 [ref. 31090], Abraham et al. 2011:6 [ref. 31311], Suzuki & Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:147 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:129 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:66 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Nuchequula nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam, China and Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.