japonicus, Mugil Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:134, Pl. 72 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1166 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1161-1165 (5, dry), ?ZMB 7193 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:116 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Mugil japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1845 -- (Kim et al. 2020:77 [ref. 39118]). •Synonym of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1949:992 [ref. 20662], Okada 1961:627 [ref. 6363], Thomson 1997:484 [ref. 23428], Harrison & Senou 1999:2096 [ref. 24780], Whitfield et al. 2012:xx [ref. 32710], Kottelat 2013:181 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758. Mugilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.