splendens, Equula Cuvier [G.] 1829:212 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Chennai, India [original locality: Vizagapatam, India]. Neotype: RMNH 1441. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:34 [ref. 15502]. Available from footnote as, "Eq. splendens, N., Russel, 61" [Russell 1803, v. 1:48, Pl. 61]. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:262 [ref. 24106] as the specimen shown in Russell's Pl. 61; Kimura et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28424] designated RMNH 1441 as the neotype, contending the the figure could be either of two species. •Valid as Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:130 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:136 [ref. 29757], Uyeno & Yabumoto in Masuda et al. 1984:159 [ref. 6441], Jones 1985:599 [ref. 21842], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:832 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:111 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:36 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:349 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:359 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:262 [ref. 24106], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:247 [ref. 24754], Mishra et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25315], Nakabo 2000:811 [ref. 25086], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:227 [ref. 27511], Sakai et al. 2001:97 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Woodland et al. 2001:2815 [ref. 26095], Nakabo 2002:811 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:84 [ref. 27510], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:33 [ref. 27712], Ikejima et al. 2004:908 [ref. 27755], Sparks & Dunlap 2004:7 [ref. 27928], Randall 2005:240 [ref. 28239], Kimura et al. 2005:285 [ref. 28424], Hoese & Bray 2006:1181 [ref. 29000]). •Valid as Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier 1829) -- (Chakrabarty et al. 2009:152 [ref. 30295] but as Equulites splendens in key on p. 149). •Valid as Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:202 [ref. 30867], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:6 [ref. 29788], Chakrabarty et al. 2008:152 [ref. 32414], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31090], Abraham et al. 2011:3 [ref. 31311], Larson et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:338 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:84 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:89 [ref. 34492], Motomura et al. 2017:123 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:324 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:190 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:76 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:149 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321], Sharifuzzaman et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38872], Yuki et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38517], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:421 [ref. 39869]). Current status: Valid as Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier 1829). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines and Fiji, north to Tosa Bay (southern Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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