japonicum, Lestidium Tanaka [S.] 1908:27 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 7 (pt 1); ref. 14424] Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 2013. Paratypes: (1) ZUMT 2014 (1). Type catalog: Post 1972:148 [ref. 20860], Aizawa et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39655]. •Valid as Lestrolepis japonica (Tanaka 1908) -- (Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:247 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Nakabo 2000:371 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:592 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:251 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:371 [ref. 26001], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Shinohara et al. 2005:409 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:206 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:493 [ref. 28995], Kim et al. 2007:64 [ref. 36292], Larson et al. 2013:48 [ref. 32988], Ghedotti et al. 2014:312 [ref. 34482] in Lestidiidae, Motomura et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35490] as Lestolepis, Ho & Golani 2019:578 [ref. 36800], Ho et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37154], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:67 [ref. 39118], Misawa et al. 2020:273 [ref. 38138]). Current status: Valid as Lestrolepis japonica (Tanaka 1908). Paralepididae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan, South China Sea north to southern Korea and Japan; northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.