Plecoglossus (subgenus of Salmo) Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:229 Masc. Salmo (Plecoglossus) altivelis Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Type by monotypy. Treated for now as a family; also treated as a subfamily of Osmeridae by authors. •Valid as Plecoglossus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:33 [ref. 6441], Howes & Sanford 1987:17 [ref. 12820] with suggested change in family placement, Nishida 1988:236 [ref. 12742], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:130 [ref. 28183], Shan et al. 2005:61 [ref. 28360], Kottelat 2013:268 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:187 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Plecoglossus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Plecoglossidae.