punctatus, Chatoessus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:240, Pl. 109 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Bays on coast of southwestern Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3315a (largest of 2). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1771-D1772 (2, dry), 3314b (1 of 2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:177 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Clupanodon punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Berg 1948:146 [ref. 12882], Kuang & Liang in Kuang et al. 1986:18 [ref. 26639], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:35 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 1997:13 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:71 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:52 [ref. 26566]). •Valid as Konosirus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:19 [ref. 6441], Whitehead 1985:240 [ref. 5141], Kim 1997:153 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:728 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:30 [ref. 23573], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Youn & Kim 1998:56 [ref. 25737], Nakabo 2000:247 [ref. 25086], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Kolpakov & Barabanshchikov 2001:423 [ref. 25413], Kottelat 2001:13 [ref. 25482], Shimizu 2001:21 [ref. 25799], Zhang 2001:99 [ref. 26586], Kim & Park 2002:50 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:247 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:151, 498 [ref. 26218], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:38 [ref. 28183], Kottelat 2013:62 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:59 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:547 [ref. 34656], Hata in Kimura et al. 2018:35 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:59 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:17 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:61 [ref. 38158], Dyldin et al. 2022:[17] [ref. 39193]). Current status: Valid as Konosirus punctatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Dorosomatidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Vietnam and China north to Korea, Russia and Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.