longipinnis, Lepidotrigla spiloptera var. Alcock [A. W.] 1890:429 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 36) (art. 52); ref. 86] Bay of Bengal, off Ganjam Coast, Bengal, Investigator station 78, depth 18 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F12925. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:155 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:43 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1900: Pl. 31 (fig. 1) [ref. 20536] as Lepidotrigla longipinnis. Thought to be preoccupied by Lepidotrigla longipinnis [but actually longispinis] Steindachner & Döderlein 1887, incorrectly replaced by Lepidotrigla riggsi Richards & Saksena 1977:211 [ref. 5285]. •Synonym of Lepidotrigla spilopterus Günther 1880 -- (Dor 1984:89 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Lepidotrigla riggsi Richards & Saksena 1977 -- (Richards 1992:62 [ref. 20654]). •Valid as Lepidotrigla longipinnis Alcock 1890 -- (Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Gomon & Psomadakis 2018:68 [ref. 35752], Gomon & Kawai 2018:631 [ref. 36285], Psomadakis et al. 2020:368 [ref. 37272], Richards 2022:608 [ref. 39730]). Current status: Valid as Lepidotrigla longipinnis Alcock 1890. Triglidae: Triglinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: west coast of India east to west coast of Sumatra (Indonesia), south to Lombok (Indonesia) Habitat: marine.