Species that contain: Acropoma and japonicum [ 2 ] records

japonicum, Acropoma Günther [A.] 1859:250 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Japanese Sea. No types known. Based on Acropoma sp. of Temminck & Schlegel 1843:31 [ref. 4371] and Pl. 12 (figs. 2-3) in 1845 [ref. 4373]. Apparently confused by authors with Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein 1883); there are two separate species: Acropoma japonicum Günther and a Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein). •Valid as Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859 -- (Dor 1984:119 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:455, 661 [ref. 8056], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Klausewitz 1986:285 [ref. 39512], Paxton et al. 1989:510 [ref. 12442], Baranes & Golani 1993:307 [ref. 22372] as japonicus, Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356] as japonicus, Mohsin & Ambak 1996:261 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:142 [ref. 23922], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813] as japonica, Nakabo 2000:687 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:21 [ref. 25952], Nakabo 2002:687 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:429 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28994] as japonica, Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Larson et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32988] as japonica, Yoshida et al. 2013:96 [ref. 34464], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Okamoto 2014:9 [ref. 33346], Psomadakis et al. 2015:194 [ref. 34104], Okamoto & Golani 2017:[13] [ref. 35510], Golani & Fricke 2018:80 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:97 [ref. 36460], Prokofiev 2018:939 [ref. 36462], Okamoto et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36782], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:111 [ref. 39118], Okamoto et al. 2021:[10] [ref. 38164]). Current status: Valid as Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859. Acropomatidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea and East China Sea, northern Vietnam and China to southern Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

splendens, Synagrops Lloyd [R. E.] 1909:159 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 2814] Gulf of Oman, 23°47'N, 58°30'30"E, Investigator sta 341, depth 230 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1164/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:143 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:39 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Lloyd 1909: Pl. 47 (fig. 5) [ref. 20539]. •Synonym of Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859 -- (Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909) -- (Okamoto et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36782], Eagderi et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:380 [ref. 37272], Okamoto et al. 2021:[8] [ref. 38164]). Current status: Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909). Acropomatidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea east to Bay of Bengal, India and Myanmar and Andaman Sea, Thailand. Habitat: marine.