abbreviata, Cepola Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:403 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Molucca Archipelago, Anjer Strait, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-7123 (1) Java; Moluccas specimen not found. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1989:28 [ref. 15502]. Spelled abreviata with description (p. 403) and abbreviata in index (p. xxiii), the latter regarded as correctly formed. •Valid as Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Krishnan & Mishra 1993:229 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:303 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:414 [ref. 27969] with Cuvier & Valenciennes as authors, Allen 1997:174 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:206 [ref. 23922], Allen & Swainston 1988:108 [ref. 25477], Imai in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Smith-Vaniz 2001:3332 [ref. 26130], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Hoese 2006:1361 [ref. 28988], Allen & Erdmann 2012:750 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:170 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:171 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:336 [ref. 36183], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:219 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:53 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:515 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:237 [ref. 41223], Smith-Vaniz 2022:315 [ref. 39947], Zohra et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40211] as Acanthocepola abbreviate). Current status: Valid as Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes 1835). Cepolidae: Cepolinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Papua New Guinea, north to northern Vietnam and Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.