japonicus, Trichiurus lepturus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:102, Pl. 54 [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Japan (probably near Nagasaki, possibly Shimabara Bay). Lectotype: RMNH D2040 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH 1496 (2), 1497 (1, head). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:97 [ref. 12876]; see also Boeseman 1962:215 [ref. 20676]. •Synonym of Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:462 [ref. 7206], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:258 [ref. 7348], Parin 1990:977 [ref. 19382], Nakamura & Parin 1993:106 [ref. 21769], Gomon et al. 1994:819 [ref. 22532], Parin 2003:S27 [ref. 28536]). •Valid as Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1844 -- (Nakabo 2000:1345 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:42 [ref. 25799], Shinohara et al. 2001:332 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1345 [ref. 26193], Shinohara et al. 2005:439 [ref. 28370], Chakraborty et al. 2006:93 [ref. 28721], Shinohara et al. 2011:54 [ref. 31715], Zemnukhov & Epur 2011:510 [ref. 32457], Shinohara et al. 2014:271 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:510 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:181 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:112 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:34 [ref. 38804], Yi et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39013]). Current status: Valid as Trichiurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1844. Trichiuridae: Trichiurinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern South China Sea (China) and Taiwan north to Korea, Japan and Sakhalin (Russia). Habitat: brackish, marine.