japonica, Brama Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1878:1 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878 (for 15 Jan.); ref. 2171] Sea of Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 9905. •Valid as Brama japonica Hilgendorf 1878 -- (Mead 1972:49 [ref. 6976], Akazaki in Okamura et al. 1982:233, 379 [ref. 8256], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:213 [ref. 9277], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:159 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:499, 683 [ref. 8056], Matarese et al. 1989:488 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:148 [ref. 14674], Seki & Mundy 1991:63 [ref. 20441], Shinohara et al. 1996:179 [ref. 26605], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:385 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:293 [ref. 24555], Izmyatinskii et al. 1999:557 [ref. 24914], Nakabo 2000:815 [ref. 25086], Shao in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:34 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:652 [ref. 25968], Shinohara et al. 2001:324 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:815 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:335, 609 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S9 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:120 [ref. 37547], Shinohara et al. 2005:433 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:375 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Page et al. 2013:146 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:365 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:55 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:240 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:76 [ref. 37205], Kim et al. 2020:129 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37637], Kim et al. 2021:156 [ref. 39117], Love et al. 2021:157 [ref. 39279], Hashimoto et al. 2022:54 [ref. 39889], Page et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Brama japonica Hilgendorf 1878. Bramidae. Distribution: Pacific: Korea, Japan, Kuril Islands and Aleutian Islands; Hawaiian Ridge; California (U.S.A.) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.