Species that contain: Paracentropogon and longispinis [ 8 ] records

bougainvillii, Apistus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:411 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5255. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:5-6 [ref. 20738]. •Questionably a synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

fuscovirens, Apistus Cuvier [G.] (ex Quoy & Gaimard) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:409 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Originally as fusco-virens. Subjective synonym of Apistus longispinus Cuvier; Bleeker (1876) apparently gives precedence to longispinus. •Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

hypselopterus, Apistus Bleeker [P.] 1851:238 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique) (?): RMNH 5878. •Questionably a synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Centropogon Day [F.] 1875:155, Pl. 38 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 1; ref. 1080] Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1734. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:154 [ref. 20743], Whitehead & Talwar 1976:159 [ref. 23762]. •Questionably a synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

leucoprosopos, Apistus Bleeker [P.] 1856:35 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5875. Centropogon leucoprosopon Günther 1860:130 [ref. 1963] was an unjustified emendation, but that spelling was adopted by Bleeker himself (1876) and others; we suggest continuing the emended spelling if this species is found to be valid. •Questionably a synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

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], Poss 2022:554 [ref. 39726], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:310 [ref. 40698]). 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. Habitat: brackish, marine.

multicolor, Apistus Richardson [J.] 1848:3, Pl. 4 (figs. 3-4) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang; ref. 3744] Sea of China. Syntypes: (2). •Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.

nuda, Tetraroge longispinis var. Günther [A.] 1880:66 [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Kobe, Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1879.5.14.248-250 (3), 1879.5.14.263-264 (1). •Synonym of Paracentropogon rubripinnis (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Current status: Synonym of Paracentropogon rubripinnis (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Habitat: marine.