japonicus, Gymnapogon Regan [C. T.] 1905:20 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 2); ref. 3624] Inland Sea, Japan. BMNH. Syntypes: BMNH 1905.6.6.113-122 (10), USNM 108821 (1), ZSI F2994/1-2996/1 (3). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:143 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Gymnapogon japonicus Regan 1905 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Ho et al. 1993:8 [ref. 22789], Nakabo 2000:777 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:777 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:320, 599 [ref. 26218], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fraser 2016:431 [ref. 34421], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:74 [ref. 36965], Yoshida et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36901], Kim et al. 2020:119 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:59 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Gymnapogon japonicus Regan 1905. Apogonidae: Pseudamiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan). Habitat: marine.