japonicus, Maurolicus Ishikawa [C.] 1915:183, Pls. 12-13 [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 14999] Uodan [Uodu], Japan, Japanese Sea, depth usually 200-300 fathoms. Syntypes: (34) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172]). •Synonym of Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915 -- (Peden et al. 1985:4 [ref. 24081], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:97 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:193 [ref. 22246], Nakabo 2000:312 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:312 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:404 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:170 [ref. 28379], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:237 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:65 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia), Pacific coast of Japan; Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.