filamentosus, Hoplichthys Matsubara [K.] & Ochiai [A.] 1950:(149) 155, Fig. 3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 1 (nos 2-3); ref. 12962] Off Heta, Suruga Bay, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 11918. •Valid as Hoplichthys filamentosus Matsubara & Ochiai 1950 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:599, 729 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:473 [ref. 12442], McGrouther 1999:2424 [ref. 24808], Nakabo 2000:622 [ref. 25086], McGrouther in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:318 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:622 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:428 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:950 [ref. 29080], Nagano et al. 2012:261 [ref. 32419], Nagano et al. 2013:7 [ref. 32577], Shinohara et al. 2014:247 [ref. 33330], Nagano et al. 2014: [ref. 33541], Sonoyama et al. 2020:49 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Hoplichthys filamentosus Matsubara & Ochiai 1950. Hoplichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Japan; northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.