japonica, Nematalosa Regan [C. T.] 1917:313 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 19 (no. 112); ref. 3665] Inland Sea of Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1905.6.7.2-4 (3). •Valid as Nematalosa japonica Regan 1917 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:20 [ref. 6441], Whitehead 1985:247 [ref. 5141], Youn & Kim 1998:55 [ref. 25737] as japonicus, Munroe et al. 1999:1806 [ref. 24728], Nakabo 2000:247 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:13 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:86 [ref. 25693], Zhang 2001:105 [ref. 26586], Nakabo 2002:247 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:151, 498 [ref. 26218], Hata in Kimura et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36460]). Current status: Valid as Nematalosa japonica Regan 1917. Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand to China and Taiwan, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.