wakiyae, Malakichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:233, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 58754 [ex CM 7863]. Paratypes: AMNH 26804 (1), CAS-SU 23815 (4), UMMZ 142701 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:91 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:70 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:55 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:459, 663 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 2000:686 [ref. 25086], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:1139 [ref. 25939], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:686 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:526 [ref. 28006], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:113 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:52 [ref. 37637], Ng et al. 2023:381 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs 1925. Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan); New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.