japonicus, Scomber Houttuyn [M.] 1782:331 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. No types known. •See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. •Valid as Pneumatophorus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Chen et al. 1997:158 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:349 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:257 [ref. 26566]). •Valid as Scomber japonicus Houttuyn 1782 -- (Postel 1973:466 [ref. 7208], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:283 [ref. 7348], Kyushin et al. 1982:246 [ref. 19754], Shirai in Amaoka et al. 1983:131, 204 [ref. 8379], Collette & Nauen 1983:56 [ref. 5375], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:273 [ref. 9277], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:417 [ref. 14275], Dor 1984:263 [ref. 29757], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:224 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:543, 705 [ref. 8056], Collette in Whitehead et al. 1986:991 [ref. 13676], Collette 1986:835 [ref. 5647], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:282 [ref. 14235], Robins & Ray 1986:260 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:452 [ref. 25518], Matarese et al. 1989:554 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:179 [ref. 14674], Collette 1990:986 [ref. 19476], Perrotta et al. 1990 [ref. 19500], Boschung 1992:169 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:416 [ref. 23827], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:172 [ref. 25472], Cervigón 1994:248 [ref. 24488], Allen & Robertson 1994:277 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:144 [ref. 23101], Goren & Dor 1994:70 [ref. 25356], Collette in Fischer et al. 1995:1536 [ref. 22830], Randall 1995:374 [ref. 22896], Murdy et al. 1997:179 [ref. 23144], Santos et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23531], Carpenter et al. 1997:225 [ref. 23922], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:585 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:100 [ref. 24952], Baker & Collette 1998:29 [ref. 23350], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:396 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Collette 1999:163 [ref. 23936], Uiblein et al. 1999:66 [ref. 24045], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:332 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:643 [ref. 25122], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:136 [ref. 25942], Nakabo 2000:1347 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:40 [ref. 25650], Collette 2001:3742 [ref. 26305], Kolpakov & Barabanshchikov 2001:422 [ref. 25413], Collette et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25629], Shimizu 2001:42 [ref. 25799], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:143 [ref. 26753], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:806 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1347 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:418, 674 [ref. 26218], Collette 2003:9 [ref. 27312], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:103 [ref. 27192], Parin 2003:S29 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:418 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:168 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:440 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:506 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:450 [ref. 30952], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:70 [ref. 36649], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:230 [ref. 31256], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:67 [ref. 34694], Fourriére et al. 2016:459 [ref. 34668], Abdussamad et al. 2016:6 [ref. 34790], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:316 [ref. 35888], Matsuo & Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:278 [ref. 36460], Burton & Lea 2019:92 [ref. 37205], Collette & Graves 2019:132 [ref. 37341], Kim et al. 2020:183 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:113 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:33 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:212 [ref. 39279], Collette 2022:282 [ref. 40167], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:114 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:266 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Scomber japonicus Houttuyn 1782. Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, India; Pacific: Vietnam and Philippines north to southern Kamchatka (Russia); Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.); eastern Pacific: Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Chile, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.