orientalis, Epinnula Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:15, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] South Africa, Pickle stations 291 and 292, depths 157 and 275 fathoms. Syntypes: (2, not found). •Valid as Epinnula orientalis Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:257 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:167 [ref. 23239]). •Valid as Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924) -- (Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:226 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:537, 702 [ref. 8056], Nakamura 1986:827 [ref. 5696], Cervigón 1992:323 [ref. 23827], Nakamura & Parin 1993:34 [ref. 21769], Cervigón 1994:223 [ref. 24488], Nakabo 2000:1340 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:45 [ref. 25847], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3706 [ref. 26304], Shinohara et al. 2001:332 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1340 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:648 [ref. 27495], Shinohara et al. 2005:439 [ref. 28370], Bray & Hoese 2006:1755 [ref. 29049], Jawad et al. 2013:4 [ref. 32489], Larson et al. 2013:215 [ref. 32988], Nakayama et al. 2014:[5] [ref. 33564], Psomadakis et al. 2015:311 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:360 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 18 [ref. 38321], Kawai et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37785], Psomadakis et al. 2020:566 [ref. 37272], Heemstra 2022:256 [ref. 40162]). Current status: Valid as Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924). Gempylidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Saya de Malha Bank and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.