japonicus, Anthias Bloch [M. E.] 1793:5, Pl. 325 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] ?Japan (probably Java, Indonesia). Neotype: MNHN 0000-6460. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:105 [ref. 24282]. On p. 3 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 10 [ref. 21381]. Original holotype (unique): ZMB 5090 (dry, lost). Neotype selected by Russell et al. 2022:516 [ref. 39103], •Synonym of Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch 1792) -- (Dor 1984:146 [ref. 29757], Russell 1990:122 [ref. 19228], Kottelat 2013:350 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Scolopsis japonica (Bloch 1793) -- (Russell et al. 2022:511 [ref. 39103], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:86 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis japonica (Bloch 1793). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Singapore and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Western Australia and Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.