japonicus, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:173, Pl. 58 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740]. Appeared as name only in Cuvier 1829:151 [ref. 995]. •Valid as Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:46 [ref. 19756], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:211, 368 [ref. 8256], Kyushin et al. 1982:38 [ref. 19754], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:429, 650 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:258 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:190 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:29 [ref. 26476], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2247 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:494 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:494 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:226, 551 [ref. 26218] with author as Valenciennes, Shinohara et al. 2005:422 [ref. 28370], Allen et al. 2006:781 [ref. 29066], Satapoomin 2009:52 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:67 [ref. 34464], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:79 [ref. 34690], Greenfield et al. 2017:21 [ref. 35170] and as cf. japonicus, Fricke 2017:68 [ref. 35313], Motomura et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35490], Fricke 2017:[5] [ref. 35637], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35840], Kim et al. 2020:83 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:352 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:105 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Andaman Sea east to Philippines, north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia) New Caledonia, Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.