japonicus, Balistes Tilesius [W. G. von] 1809:212, Pl. 13 [Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 2 (art. 20); ref. 4406] Japan. No types known. •Valid as Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius 1809) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:359 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:464 [ref. 15987], Matsuura & Ikeda 1993:3 [ref. 24332], Matsuura & Tachikawa 1994:138 [ref. 21905], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:616 [ref. 27969], Hutchins 1997:26 [ref. 23117], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:189 [ref. 23219], Lindberg et al. 1997:79 [ref. 23547], Randall et al. 1997:464 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:286 [ref. 23965], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1412 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:460 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:105 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:3942 [ref. 26316], Nakabo 2002:1412 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:448, 693 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:64 [ref. 26830] dated 1801, Allen et al. 2006:1894 [ref. 29098], Motomura et al. 2010:235 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1075 [ref. 31980], Luo et al. 2024:10 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius 1809). Monacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (now Japan only). Habitat: marine.