matsubarai, Cheimerius Akazaki [M.] 1962:132, 347, Fig. 31 [Studies on the spariform fishes; ref. 5771] Off Naze, Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Neotype: MUFS 30984 [MIKU 1962 lost]. Paratypes: MIKU 1961 (1) [lost]. Neotype designated by Tanaka & Iwatsuki 2015:200 [ref. 33947]. •Valid as Cheimerius matsubarai Akazaki 1962 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:177 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:859 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:859 [ref. 26001]). •Valid as Amamiichthys matsubarai (Akazaki 1962) -- (Tanaka & Iwatsuki 2015:199 [ref. 33947], Parenti 2019:58 [ref. 36892], Fukuchi et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38445]). Current status: Valid as Amamiichthys matsubarai (Akazaki 1962). Sparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa (Japan) endemic. Habitat: marine.