aspera, Synanceia (Aploactis) Richardson [J.] 1845:72 [Ichthyology.--Part 2. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 20574] Seas of Japan. No types known. Based on "Aploactis" of Temminck & Schlegel 1844:51, Pl. 22 (fig. 3) [ref. 4372]. •Valid as Aploactis aspera (Richardson 1845) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:405 [ref. 6387], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:319 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:133 [ref. 23963], Allen 1997:78 [ref. 23977] as aspersa, Poss 1999:2357 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:601 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:272 [ref. 25636], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:601 [ref. 26001], Johnson 2004:180 [ref. 27781], Allen et al. 2006:912 [ref. 29066], Prokofiev 2010:718 [ref. 31093], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Sonoyama et al. 2020:47 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Aploactis aspera (Richardson 1845). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: China and Taiwan north to southern Sea of Japan; to northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia) to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.