kumae, Monomitopus Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:324, Pl. 12 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 2486] Misaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 58844 [ex CM 7954]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:98 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:58 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Monomitopus kumae Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:185, 355 [ref. 8256], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:100 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:259, 374 [ref. 8057], Carter & Cohen 1985:87 [ref. 5145], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24448], Nakabo 2000:444 [ref. 25086], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:308 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:444 [ref. 26001], Fricke et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36673], Girard et al. 2023:272 [ref. 40379], Girard & Johnson 2024:6 [ref. 41368]). Current status: Valid as Monomitopus kumae Jordan & Hubbs 1925. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea north to southern Japan, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.