japonica, Plagusia Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:187, Pl. 95 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1299 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1298 (1, stuffed), 3582-3584 (3), 3585a-d [as "var.?"] (4), 4835 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:152 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Paraplagusia japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:355 [ref. 6441], Chapleau & Renaud 1993:801 [ref. 21017], Kim & Choi 1994:809 [ref. 22283], Li & Wang 1995:330 [ref. 16193], Evseenko 1998:61 [ref. 23643], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1388 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:45 [ref. 25799], Choi et al. 2003:441, 689 [ref. 26218], Ho et al. 2009:14 [ref. 31461], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:114 [ref. 32413], Voronina et al. 2016:405 [ref. 35064], Luo et al. 2019:28 [ref. 37092], Kim et al. 2020:197 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:124 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:86 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Paraplagusia japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Hainan (China) north to southern Korea and Japan; Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.