Aurigequula longispina (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835 )

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 149

Aurigequula longispina (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835) —Longspine ponyfish

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kulineua River, New Hanover as Equula decora by Munro (1958: 197).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Seychelles, Réunion (Mascarenes) and India east to Palawan ( Philippines) and New Guinea, north to Gulf of Thailand, south to Onslow (Western Australia). Schooling in coastal waters, 1–30 m depth. Marine.