japonicus, Mullus Houttuyn [M.] 1782:334 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Off Futo Harbor, East coast of Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan, depth 15 meters. Neotype: NSMT-P 45177. Neotype designated by Randall et al. 1993:304 [ref. 21647]; original type locality off Nagasaki, Japan. See Boeseman 1995:3 [ref. 21811] for additional comments. •Valid as Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Randall et al. 1993 [ref. 21647], Nakabo 2000:873 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:149 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2000:179 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:31 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:326 [ref. 25995], Kim & Nakaya 2002:130 [ref. 26150], Nakabo 2002:873 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:350, 622 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:435 [ref. 28370], Hoese & Bray 2006:1272 [ref. 29000], Uiblein & Heemstra 2010:38 [ref. 30763], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:588 [ref. 31346], Uiblein & Heemstra 2011:639 [ref. 31501], Yamashita et al. 2011:54 [ref. 31639], Motomura et al. 2012:8 [ref. 32116], Uiblein & McGrouther 2012:62 [ref. 32282], Larson et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32988], Bos 2014:756 [ref. 33588], Uiblein & Gledhill 2014:15 [ref. 33614], Parin et al. 2014:375 [ref. 33547], Uiblein & White 2015:51 [ref. 33856], Motomura et al. 2017:162 [ref. 35490], Uiblein et al. 2017:295 [ref. 35570], Ali et al. 2018:335 [ref. 36183], Nakae in Kimura et al. 2018:192 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:77 [ref. 37637], Uiblein & Motomura 2021:316 [ref. 38170], Echreshavi et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39234], Uiblein et al. 2024:25 [ref. 40891]). Current status: Valid as Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782). Mullidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia east to Philippines, north to South Korea, Peter the Great Bay (Russia) and Japan. Habitat: marine.