macrops, Synodus Tanaka [S.] 1917:38 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 340); ref. 17353] Tokyo fish market, Tokyo, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 7473. Tanaka specimens: ZUMT 7474-75 (2), 7477 (1, missing), 7479-80 (2). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:244 [ref. 39655] as syntypes. •Valid as Synodus macrops Tanaka 1917 -- (Cressey 1981:29 [ref. 5574], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:61 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:165, 345 [ref. 8057], Allen & Swainston 1988:36 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:238 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:12 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:151 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:60 [ref. 23977], Russell 1999:1943 [ref. 24747], Nakabo 2000:358 [ref. 25086], Russell in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:300 [ref. 25995], Chen 2002:54 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:358 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:200 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:409 [ref. 28370], Hoese & Gates 2006:469 [ref. 28997], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264], Larson et al. 2013:47 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:170 [ref. 34104], Ho et al. 2016:139 [ref. 34725], Motomura et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35490], Kim et al. 2020:67 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:316 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37637], Choi et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40657]). Current status: Valid as Synodus macrops Tanaka 1917. Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Gulf of Aden east to Philippines, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.