japonicus, Hoplostethus Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1879:78 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879; ref. 18288] Japan. Holotype: ZMB 1569. •Valid as Hoplostethus japonicus Hilgendorf 1879 -- (Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:205, 366 [ref. 8256], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:437, 652 [ref. 8056], Kotlyar 1986:121 [ref. 6004], Kotlyar 1996:147 [ref. 23292], Konishi 1999:58 [ref. 24259], Moore & Paxton 1999:2217 [ref. 24787], Nakabo 2000:501 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:311 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:501 [ref. 26001], Takahashi et al. 2003:18 [ref. 27520], Shinohara et al. 2005:422 [ref. 28370], Moore & Dodd 2010:138 [ref. 30876], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Miyazaki et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37957], Su et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39388]). Current status: Valid as Hoplostethus japonicus Hilgendorf 1879. Trachichthyidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.