japonica, Sillago Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:23, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 367. Paralectotypes: RMNH 366 (6), D743 (1, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:38 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Sillago japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:151 [ref. 6441], McKay 1985:42 [ref. 5265], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:374 [ref. 23876], Oozeki et al. 1992 [ref. 20433], McKay 1992:48 [ref. 20879], Kim & Lee 1996:23 [ref. 22285], Chen et al. 1997:58 [ref. 26476], Mizuno et al. 1999:8 [ref. 25311], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:871 [ref. 25182], Suzuki et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25180], Shimizu 2001:29 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:871 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:322, 599 [ref. 26218], Matsunuma et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31558], Bae et al. 2013:291 [ref. 36299], Golani et al. 2013:3 [ref. 32789], Kaga 2013:92 [ref. 32686], Xiao et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35074], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:119 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:121 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:73 [ref. 37637], Yoshigou 2023:55 [ref. 40669], Endruweit 2024:67 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Sillago japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Sillaginidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Vietnam and southern China north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.