hoshinonis, Synodus Tanaka [S.] 1917:38 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 340); ref. 17353] Hiro, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 7476. Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:244 [ref. 39655]. •Valid as Synodus hoshinonis Tanaka 1917 -- (Cressey 1981:19 [ref. 5574], Dor 1984:47 [ref. 29757], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:61 [ref. 6441], Cressey 1986:272 [ref. 6289], Allen & Swainston 1988:36 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:238 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:12 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:272 [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:60 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:16 [ref. 26476], Nakabo 2000:356 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:55 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:356 [ref. 26001], Hoese & Gates 2006:468 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2011:358 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:46 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:69 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:23 [ref. 37828], Psomadakis et al. 2020:315 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:73 [ref. 41223], Russell 2022:217 [ref. 39701], Choi et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40657]). Current status: Valid as Synodus hoshinonis Tanaka 1917. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (south to Mozambique) and Madagascar east to Arafura Sea, north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.