alata, Trigla Houttuyn [M.] 1782:336 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Japan. No types known. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. •Valid as Lepidotrigla alata (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Ochiai & Yatou in Masuda et al. 1984:333 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:99 [ref. 15964], Richards 1992:62 [ref. 20654], del Cerro & Lloris 1997:51 [ref. 22811], Richards 1999:2361 [ref. 24797], Nakabo 2000:607 [ref. 25086], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Lee 2000:6 [ref. 25174], Shimizu 2001:26 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:607 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:253, 567 [ref. 26218], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:84 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:97 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:48 [ref. 37637], Prokofiev & Yato 2020:384 [ref. 37898]). Current status: Valid as Lepidotrigla alata (Houttuyn 1782). Triglidae: Triglinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Vietnam, China and Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.