longispinis, Equula Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:94 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Waigeo, Papua Barat, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN A-0579. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:21 [ref. 15502]. Lectotype designated by Kottelat (2013:239 [ref. 32989]). The species epithet is trated as a noun in apposition. •Valid as Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Woodland et al. 2001:2811 [ref. 26095], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Sparks 2006:539 [ref. 28801], Fricke et al. 2009:59 [ref. 30213]). •Valid as Equula longispinis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:5 [ref. 29788]). •Valid as Leiognathus longipinnis (sic) (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Kimura 2009:132 [ref. 30426]). •Valid as Aurigequula longispina (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Chakrabarty et al. 2009:149 [ref. 30295], Abraham et al. 2011:14 [ref. 31311], Psomadakis et al. 2015:233 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2019:149 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:436 [ref. 37272], Sharifuzzaman et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38872], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:416 [ref. 39869]). •Valid as Aurigequula longispinis (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Chakrabarty et al. 2008:149 [ref. 32414], Larson et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32988] as longispinus, Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:179 [ref. 41223], Vilasri et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Aurigequula longispinis (Valenciennes 1835). Leiognathidae: Leiognathinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion) and India east to Palawan (Philippines) and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Gulf of Thailand, south to Onslow (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.