japonicum, Glyptophidium Kamohara [T.] 1936:310 [English p. 306], Fig. 3 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 48 (no. 6); ref. 13707] Mimase fish market, Tosa Bay, Japan. Neotype: BSKU 92. Holotype lost in 1945 (Kamohara 1961:1 [ref. 19282]). Neotype designated by Nielsen & Machida 1988:315 [ref. 12746]. •Synonym of Glyptophidium oceanicum Smith & Radcliffe 1913 -- (Cohen & Nielsen 1978:32 [ref. 881]). •Valid as Glyptophidium japonicum Kamohara 1936 -- (Nielsen & Machida 1988:315 [ref. 12746], Paxton et al. 1989:312 [ref. 12442], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:67 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1980 [ref. 24753], Nakabo 2000:441 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:307 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:441 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:413 [ref. 28370], Hoese et al. 2006:560 [ref. 29051], Fricke et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Glyptophidium japonicum Kamohara 1936. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Philippines and Papua New Guinea north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.