popei, Macilentichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1932:114 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 10 (pt 2); ref. 4675] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 55613. Replacement name for Leiognathus elongatus Smith & Pope 1906, preoccupied in Leiognathus by Equula elongata Günther 1874. •Synonym of Leiognathus elongatus (Günther 1874) -- (Dunlap & McFall-Ngai 1984:888 [ref. 21845], Jones 1985:581 [ref. 21842]). •Synonym of Photoplagios elongatus (Günther 1874) -- (Sparks 2006:1 [ref. 28783]). •Synonym of Equulites elongatus (Günther 1874). •Valid as Equulites popei (Whitley 1932) -- (Suzuki & Kimura 2017:[10] [ref. 35231], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:88 [ref. 36273], Ergüden et al. 2019:372 [ref. 37185], Mavruk et al. 2019:261 [ref. 37240], Bariche & Fricke 2020:131 [ref. 37515], Ibrahim et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 37591], Golani 2021:51 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:60 [ref. 39014] as Equuilites popei, Suzuki & Kimura 2023:17 [ref. 40749], Abd Rabou et al. 2024:128 [ref. 41250] as cf. popei). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Equulites popei (Whitley 1932). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: southern Mozambique, Oman, east to Philippines, north to southern Japan (Okinawa Island); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.