decora, Equula De Vis [C. W.] 1884:543 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4899] Cape York, Queensland, Australia [Coral Sea, western Pacific]. Lectotype: QM I.1698. Paralectotypes: QM I.4877 (2). Lectotype selected Whitley 1932:105 [ref. 4675]. •Valid as Leiognathus decorus (De Vis 1884) -- (Jones 1985:578 [ref. 21842], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:830 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:111 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:192 [ref. 22896], Larson & Williams 1997:359 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:169 [ref. 23922], Johnson 1999:735 [ref. 25471], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Woodland et al. 2001:2805 [ref. 26095], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Ikejima et al. 2004:908 [ref. 27755], Hoese & Bray 2006:1179 [ref. 29000]). •Valid as Nuchequula decora (De Vis 1884) -- (Chakrabarty & Sparks 2007:16 [ref. 29266]). •Synonym of Nuchequula gerreoides (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:31 [ref. 29525], Kottelat 2013:340 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2019:150 [ref. 36673], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:427 [ref. 39869]). Current status: Synonym of Nuchequula gerreoides (Bleeker 1851). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Habitat: marine.