oblonga, Equula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:85 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Lectotype: MNHN A-6754. Paralectotype: A-6756 (1) Malabar. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:21 [ref. 15502] with holotype (A-6754) and paratype. Sparks & Chakrabarty 2019:9 [ref. 36798] report MNHN A-6754 as holotype. Lectotype selected by Suzuki & Kimura 2023:36 [ref. 40749]. •Synonym of Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Dor 1984:136 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Randall 1995:193 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:170 [ref. 23922], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:223 [ref. 27511] with author as Lacepède 1803, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:21 [ref. 30812]). •Valid as Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kimura 2009:129 [ref. 30426], Yoshida et al. 2013:124 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:234 [ref. 34104], Suzuki & Kimura 2017:[12] [ref. 35231], Motomura et al. 2017:123 [ref. 35490], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:145 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37020], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2019:9 [ref. 36798], Psomadakis et al. 2020:438 [ref. 37272], Giat in Motomura et al. 2021:31 [ref. 38121], Suzuki & Kimura 2023:36 [ref. 40749], Vilasri et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Equulites oblongus (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, eastern Indonesia and Kagoshima, Japan. Habitat: marine.