japonicus, Bregmaceros atlanticus Tanaka [S.] 1908:42, Figured [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 14424] Sagami Bay, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 2015. Paratypes: ZUMT 2016 (3). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:248 [ref. 39655]. •Mention -- (Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:16 [ref. 18936]). •Valid as Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka 1908 -- (D'Ancona & Cavinato 1965:63 [ref. 9208], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:92 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:193, 355 [ref. 8057], Masuda et al. 1986:393 [ref. 5801], Paxton et al. 1989:305 [ref. 12442], Iwamoto 1999:1997 [ref. 24761], Nakabo 2000:415 [ref. 25086], Iwamoto in Ran, Choi et al. 2003:210, 539 [ref. 26218], Torii et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27811], Torii et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27822], Shinohara et al. 2005:415 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:261 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:621 [ref. 28996], Ho et al. 2011:30 [ref. 33334], Fricke et al. 2011:362 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:52 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33330], Sonoyama et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37637], Jang & Kim 2021:341 [ref. 38562], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:85 [ref. 41223] as sp. cf. japonicus, Harold & Baltzegar 2023:274 [ref. 40532]). Current status: Valid as Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka 1908. Bregmacerotidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan; probably Indo-Pacific. Habitat: marine.