trachinus, Saurus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:231, Pl. 106 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3228. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1814 (1, stuffed), D1929 (1, stuffed), 3227 (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:171 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Trachinocephalus myops (Forster 1801) -- (Sulak 1990:370 [ref. 15106]). •Valid as Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Polanco Fernandez et al. 2016:[8] [ref. 34512], Motomura et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:57 [ref. 36460], Wang et al. 2018:152 [ref. 36124], Arndt & Fricke 2019:31 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:21 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:65 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Prokofiev 2019:414 [ref. 36808], Russell in Koeda & Ho 2019:300 [ref. 42208], Zajonz et al. 2019:64 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:317 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37637], Furuhashi in Motomura et al. 2021:13 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:75 [ref. 41223], Russell 2022:221 [ref. 39701], Choi et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40657], Susanthi et al. 2023:261 [ref. 40564], Allen & Erdmann 2024:139 [ref. 40796], Endruweit 2024:70 [ref. 41040], Motomura & Sato 2025:2 [ref. 42055], Myers et al. 2025:35 [ref. 42065]). Current status: Valid as Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Socotra (Yemen) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Korea and Kyushu (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.