japonicus, Silurus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:226, Pl. 104 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D675 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1817-1819 (3, stuffed), D2260 (1, stuffed), 2924 (7); ZMB 2919 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 2001:331 [ref. 25566], Ferraris 2007:379 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:169 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Silurus asotus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Okada 1961:569 [ref. 6363], Kobayakawa 1989:160 [ref. 13476], Kottelat 2006:58 [ref. 28831], Ferraris 2007:379 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:672 [ref. 34853]). Current status: Synonym of Silurus asotus Linnaeus 1758. Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.