curvatura, Bembrops Okada [Y.] & Suzuki [K.] 1952:68, Fig. 1 [Report of Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 12711] Owashi, Sea of Japan, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: FRLM 9768. •Valid as Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952 -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:289 [ref. 6441], Das & Nelson 1996:24 [ref. 22554], Okiyama 1997:153 [ref. 23512], Nelson in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Lee & Kim 2000:31 [ref. 25725], Nakabo 2000:1068 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Nelson 2001:3516 [ref. 26284], Shinohara et al. 2001:329 [ref. 25995], Thompson & Suttkus 2002:288 [ref. 25991], Nakabo 2002:1068 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:385, 647 [ref. 26218], Hoese & Bray 2006:1501 [ref. 29000], Park et al. 2007:137 [ref. 36291], Shao et al. 2008:259 [ref. 29952], Larson et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32988], Kim et al. 2020:161 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:97 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki 1952. Bembropidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: China and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan; northern Australia. Habitat: marine.