japonica, Coryphaena Houttuyn [M.] 1782:315 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Nanao, Japan. Neotype: USNM 150133. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. Neotype designated by Dooley 1978:35 [ref. 5499]; original type locality off Nagasaki, Japan. •Valid as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Dooley 1978:33 [ref. 5499], Kyushin et al. 1982:233 [ref. 19754], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:152 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:487, 677 [ref. 8056], Dooley & Kailola 1988:250 [ref. 7299], Chen et al. 1997:59 [ref. 26476], Kim & Ryu 1998:41 [ref. 25736], Cheng & Zhou 1997:259 [ref. 26385], Dooley 1999:2643 [ref. 24837], Nakabo 2000:783 [ref. 25086], Dooley in Randall & Lim 2000:615 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:324 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:783 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:323, 600 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:432 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Dooley & Iwatsuki 2012:32 [ref. 31853], Hiramatsu & Yoshina 2012:41 [ref. 32026], Shinohara et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33330], Hiramatsu et al. 2019:141 [ref. 36928], Kim et al. 2020:121 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:60 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782). Latilidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.