jonesi, Leiognathus James [P. S. B. R.] 1971:316, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India v. 11 (no. 1-2) [1969]; ref. 21843] Palk Bay, vicinity of Mandapam, Tamil Nadu, southeastern India. Holotype: FMRI (confirmation not possible). Paratypes: FMRI (49). •Synonym of Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier 1829) -- (Jones 1985:599 [ref. 21842]). •Valid as Leiognathus jonesi James 1971 -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Sparks & Dunlap 2004:7 [ref. 27928], Kimura et al. 2005:277, 290 [ref. 28424]). •Valid as Eubleekeria jonesi (James 1971) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:203 [ref. 30867], Kimura 2009:130 [ref. 30426], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:6 [ref. 29788], Abraham et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31311], Kottelat 2013:338 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:125 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:123 [ref. 35490], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:145 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:438 [ref. 37272], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:421 [ref. 39869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:179 [ref. 41223], Vilasri et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Eubleekeria jonesi (James 1971). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius), India and Sri Lanka east to Philippines and eastern Indonesia, north to northern Vietnam and Hainan Island (China), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.