bensasi, Mullus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:30, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Bay of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4683. Paralectotype: ?RMNH 4682 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:43 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Upeneus bensasi (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Lachner 1954:509 [ref. 10031], Kyushin et al. 1982:143 [ref. 19754], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:163 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:515, 691 [ref. 8056], Paulin et al. 1989:191 [ref. 24556], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:288 [ref. 24014], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:383 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:108 [ref. 26476] dated 1844, Cheng & Zhou 1997:314 [ref. 26385] dated 1842, Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:38 [ref. 27712] with author as Schlegel). •Synonym of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Randall et al. 1993:302 [ref. 21647], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:150 [ref. 25480], Parin 2003:S14 [ref. 28536], Hoese & Bray 2006:1272 [ref. 29000], Motomura et al. 2012:13 [ref. 32116], Uiblein & Lisher 2013:94 [ref. 32906], Parin et al. 2014:375 [ref. 33547], Uiblein et al. 2024:25 [ref. 40891]). Current status: Synonym of Upeneus japonicus (Houttuyn 1782). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.