nipponensis, Monacanthus (Stephanolepis) Kamohara [T.] 1939:624, Fig. 1 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 51; ref. 21040] Off Mimase, near Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: BSKU (destroyed in 1945). Paratypes: BSKU (1, destroyed). Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:6 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Paramonacanthus nipponensis (Kamohara 1939) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Matsuura & Ikeda 1993:2 [ref. 24332], Lindberg et al. 1997:77 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Hutchins 1997:43 [ref. 23117]). Current status: Synonym of Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell 1829). Monacanthidae. Habitat: marine.