japonicum, Macrostoma quercinum Tanaka [S.] 1908:5, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 23 (art. 13); ref. 4321] Probably off Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 80459. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367]. See Mecklenburg et al. 2002:246 [ref. 25968]. •Valid as Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka 1908) -- (Fujii & Uyeno 1976:229 [ref. 7014], Paxton 1979:16 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:75 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:7 [ref. 24081], Peden & Hughes 1986:3 [ref. 9714], McAllister 1990:110 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1996:167 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:385 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:22 [ref. 25650], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:385 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:412 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:232 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2014:239 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33547], Park et al. 2019:425 [ref. 36942], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:43 [ref. 37828], Love et al. 2021:71 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Notoscopelus japonicus (Tanaka 1908). Myctophidae: Gymnoscopelinae. Distribution: Northwestern and central Pacific: Kuroshio, subarctic, and transition zone, including Hancock Seamounts (Hawaiian Ridge); eastern Pacific: British Columbia (Canada) south to California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.