spinosus, Niphon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:131, Pl. 19 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Sea of Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 49 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:43 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Niphon spinosus Cuvier 1828 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:463, 665 [ref. 8056], Johnson 1988:7 [ref. 6691], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2548 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:690 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:321 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:690 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 593 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2011:48 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33330], Kim et al. 2020:115 [ref. 39118], Parenti & Randall 2020:109 [ref. 37354], Sonoyama et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Niphon spinosus Cuvier 1828. Niphonidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.