leoninus, Crenidens Richardson [J.] 1846:242 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. South China Sea, western Pacific. No types known. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:213, Pl. 5b [ref. 11606]). •Valid as Girella leonina (Richardson 1846) -- (Yagishita & Nakabo 2000:131 [ref. 24523], Nakabo 2000:959 [ref. 25182], Randall & Stender 2002:138 [ref. 26088], Nakabo 2002:959 [ref. 26193], Mundy 2005:409 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:273 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:132 [ref. 31256], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37637], Kanai et al. 2024:58 [ref. 40826]). Current status: Valid as Girella leonina (Richardson 1846). Girellidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: South China Sea to Korea, northern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, including Sea of Japan; waifs at Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.