brevirostris, Equula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:83 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-6763 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:19 [ref. 15502]. •Valid as Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Zheng 1989:322 [ref. 21202], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:391 [ref. 23876], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:226 [ref. 24016], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:345 [ref. 27969], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:246 [ref. 24754], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:110 [ref. 25480], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:33 [ref. 27712], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 22 [ref. 38321]). •See Randall 1995:192 [ref. 22896]. •Synonym of Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Jones 1985:573 [ref. 21842], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:829 [ref. 20764], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2007:22 [ref. 29266]). •Synonym of Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes 1835). Current status: Synonym of Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.