trimaculatus, Opistognathus Hiramatsu [W.] & Endo [H.] 2013:19, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 7; ref. 32573] Off Kochi City, central Tosa Bay, Shikoku Island, Japan, depth about 150 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 111154 [ex. BSKU 42806]. Paratypes: BSKU 37494 (1). •Valid as Opistognathus trimaculatus Hiramatsu & Endo 2013 -- (Nakayama et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 35273], Shinohara 2021:165 [ref. 38285], Smith-Vaniz 2023:94 [ref. 40049]). Current status: Valid as Opistognathus trimaculatus Hiramatsu & Endo 2013. Opistognathidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan and East China Sea. Habitat: marine.