ryukyuensis, Pterygotrigla Matsubara [K.] & Hiyama [J.] 1932:11, Figs. 4-5 [Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute v. 28 (no. 1); ref. 16501] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): lost in WWII. •Valid as Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Matsubara & Hiyama 1932 -- (Ochiai & Yatou in Masuda et al. 1984:334 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:171 [ref. 26476], Richards 1999:2379 [ref. 24797], Nakabo 2000:605 [ref. 25086], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:317 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:605 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:427 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:929 [ref. 29074], Last & Richards 2012:39 [ref. 31796], Richards & Yato 2012:56 [ref. 32168] dated to Kamohara 1958, Larson et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Matsubara & Hiyama 1932. Triglidae: Pterygotriglinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Japan south through the South China Sea, Indonesia and to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.