longispinis, Apistus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:408 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5287 (4), ZMB 810 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:6 [ref. 20738], Paepke & Fricke 1992:268 [ref. 19946]. •Valid as Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:446 [ref. 12442] as longispinus, Poss 1999:2325 [ref. 24796], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:62 [ref. 25480] as longispinus, Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:177 [ref. 27511], Mandrytsa 2001:277 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:29 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:38 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:129 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:901 [ref. 29078], Shao et al. 2008:246 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:247 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35490], Kwik & Lim 2020:17 [ref. 38869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:123 [ref. 41223], Poss 2022:554 [ref. 39726], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:310 [ref. 40698], Allen & Erdmann 2024:265 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Sri Lanka east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and southern China, south to northern Australia. IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.