japonicus, Orectolobus Regan [C. T.] 1906:435 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70); ref. 15711] Japan. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.11.1.18 [or 17] (1), 1862.11.1.90 (1). •Valid as Orectolobus japonicus Regan 1906 -- (Compagno 1984:181 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:7 [ref. 6441], Compagno & Niem 1998:1247 [ref. 23787], Senou & Masuda 1998:2 [ref. 24388], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:119 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:578 [ref. 25122], Compagno 2001:154 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:80 [ref. 25912], Shinohara et al. 2001:286 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:119 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:50, 469 [ref. 26218], Compagno et al. 2005:19 [ref. 29145], Huveneers 2006:30 [ref. 28782], Goto 2008:134 [ref. 29609], Last et al. 2008:39 [ref. 29677], Last et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30845], Motomura et al. 2010:68 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:45 [ref. 31980], Ebert et al. 2013:303 [ref. 33045], Parin et al. 2014:18 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:10 [ref. 34211], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Orectolobus japonicus Regan 1906. Orectolobidae. Distribution: Northwestern and western Pacific: northern Vietnam, China and Taiwan north to Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.