xenicus, Parachirus Matsubara [K.] & Ochiai [A.] 1963:94, Figs. 6-8 [Bulletin of the Misaki Marine Biological Institute, Kyoto University No. 4; ref. 2908] Ankyaba, Amami Islands, Japan. Holotype: not at FAKU. Paratypes: (58) ? FAKU 130781 (5). •Valid as Parachirus xenicus Matsubra & Ochiai 1963 -- (Clark & George 1979:107 [ref. 6992], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:354 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Gon 1986:871 [ref. 5665], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1384 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1384 [ref. 26193], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:216 [ref. 27510]). •Valid as Aseraggodes xenicus (Matsubara & Ochiai 1963) -- (Randall & Desoutter-Meniger 2007:327 [ref. 29399], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:105 [ref. 32413], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1053 [ref. 31980], Randall et al. 2013:9 [ref. 32941], Koeda et al. 2016:109 [ref. 35333], Fujiwara et al. 2020:38 [ref. 38631], Mochizuki et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39612]). Current status: Valid as Aseraggodes xenicus (Matsubara & Ochiai 1963). Soleidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau and Marshall Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan). IUCN (2016): Least concern. Habitat: marine.