japonicus, Pempheris Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:125 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 20 (no. 15) (for 14 June 1883); ref. 20490] Tokyo, Japan. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1891.5.26.7-8 (2); NMW 76727-28 (2, 3); ZMH 4250 (2). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:418 [ref. 21161]. Species described in more detail in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:29 [ref. 4247]. •Valid as Pempheris japonica Döderlein 1883 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:165 [ref. 6441], Kohno 1986:141 [ref. 22519], Mooi 1998:158 [ref. 24167], Nakabo 2000:878 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:179 [ref. 25987], Mooi 2001:3204 [ref. 26110], Nakabo 2002:878 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:352, 623 [ref. 26218], Motomura et al. 2010:131 [ref. 31256], Koeda et al. 2010:74 [ref. 32427] as japonicus, Koeda et al. 2010:80 [ref. 32428] as japonicus, Koeda et al. 2013:231 [ref. 32431], Koeda et al. 2015:275 [ref. 35336], Koeda 2017:6 [ref. 37096], Koeda & Motomura 2017:[4] [ref. 35326], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:139 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:78 [ref. 37637]Diagramma). Current status: Valid as Pempheris japonica Döderlein 1883. Pempheridae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern China and Taiwan to Philippines, north to Korea, southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan) and Miyagi Prefecture (Pacific coast of Japan). Habitat: marine.