leuciscus, Equula Günther [A.] 1860:503 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1858.4.21.243. •Valid as Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther 1860) -- (Uyeno & Yabumoto in Masuda et al. 1984:158 [ref. 6441], Jones 1985:590 [ref. 21842], Allen & Swainston 1988:76 [ref. 25477], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:289 [ref. 24014], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:348 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:118 [ref. 23977], Nakabo 2000:812 [ref. 25086], Woodland in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Woodland et al. 2001:2810 [ref. 26095], Nakabo 2002:812 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:83 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Sparks & Dunlap 2004:7 [ref. 27928], Hoese & Bray 2006:1180 [ref. 29000]). •Valid as Photoplagios leuciscus (Günther 1860) -- (Sparks et al. 2005:315 [ref. 28434], Sparks 2006:1 [ref. 28783], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2007:622 [ref. 29261], Yamanoue & Toda 2008:205 [ref. 29613]). •Valid as Equulites leuciscus (Günther 1860) -- (Kimura et al. 2008:204 [ref. 29614], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2008:6 [ref. 29788], Kimura 2009:129 [ref. 30426], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:15 [ref. 30812], Chakrabarty et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31090], Abraham et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31311], Allen & Erdmann 2012:441 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32988], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:234 [ref. 34104], Suzuki & Kimura 2017:[11] [ref. 35231], Fricke et al. 2018:189 [ref. 35805], Sparks & Chakrabarty 2019:9 [ref. 36798], Psomadakis et al. 2020:438 [ref. 37272], Sharifuzzaman et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38872], Chakrabarty & Sparks 2022:420 [ref. 39869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:179 [ref. 41223] as sp. cf. leuciscus, Suzuki & Kimura 2023:29 [ref. 40749], Allen & Erdmann 2024:469 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Equulites leuciscus (Günther 1860). Leiognathidae: Gazzinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Oman, Seychelles and Madagascar east to Philippines and Vanuatu, north to Taiwan and China, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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