niphonium, Cybium Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:180 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Blanc 1961:373 [ref. 20733], Blanc & Bauchot 1964:449 [ref. 20804]. Based on a drawing. •Valid as Sawara niphonia (Cuvier 1832) -- (Wang et al. 2001:258 [ref. 26566] dated 1831, authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Valid as Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier 1832) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:291 [ref. 7348], Collette & Russo 1980:242 [ref. 8727], Kyushin et al. 1982:249 [ref. 19754], Collette & Nauen 1983:72 [ref. 5375], Collette & Russo 1985:649 [ref. 5221], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:225 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:545, 706 [ref. 8056], Chen et al. 1997:159 [ref. 26476] with author as Valenciennes, Cheng & Zhou 1997:350 [ref. 26385] dated 1831, Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Collette in Randall & Lim 2000:644 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1351 [ref. 25182], Collette et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25629], Nakabo 2002:1351 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:418, 674 [ref. 26218], Collette 2003:11 [ref. 27312], Parin 2003:S30 [ref. 28536], Shinohara et al. 2005:440 [ref. 28370], Parin et al. 2014:514 [ref. 33547], Matsuo & Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:279 [ref. 36460], Collette & Graves 2019:192 [ref. 37341], Kim et al. 2020:183 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:113 [ref. 37637], Zeng et al. 2022:160 [ref. 40510]). Current status: Valid as Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier 1832). Scombridae: Scombrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and China to Korea, Russia and Japan. Habitat: marine.