Species that contain: Anguilla and japonica [ 9 ] records

angustidens, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1846:49, Pl. 7 (fig. 39) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-3153. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:93 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:56 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Kottelat 2013:38 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

breviceps, Anguilla Chu [Y.-T.] & Jin [Y.-T.] in Chu 1984:183, Fig. 122 [ ref. 8173] Fuchow, China. Holotype (unique): SFC 57-2318. •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

elphinstonei, Anguilla Sykes [W. H.] 1839:165 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:62 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:377, Pl. 67 (fig. 3) [ref. 18868]. •Questionably a synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511]) Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

japonica, Anguilla Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:258, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3661a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 3659 (1), 3660 (2), 3661b (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:185 [ref. 12876]. On the Official List of specific names, Opinion 901. •Valid as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Ege 1939:89 [ref. 13172], Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:589 [ref. 6363], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Wang 1984:10 [ref. 22951], Kuang & Yu in Kuang et al. 1986:27 [ref. 26639], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:47 [ref. 25598], Zheng et al. 1989:34 [ref. 21202], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:53 [ref. 23876], Ding 1994:41 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:18 [ref. 25213], Aoyama et al. 1996:374 [ref. 24707], Tagliavini et al. 1996:271 [ref. 25516], Chen et al. 1997:18 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:96 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:144 [ref. 24032], Takahashi et al. 1997:42 [ref. 24971] as jaonica, Chen in Chen 1998:40 [ref. 23556], Sato et al. 1998:30 [ref. 24972], Smith 1999:1635 [ref. 24661], Mizuno et al. 1999:5 [ref. 25311], Fuller et al. 1999:36 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:192 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:16 [ref. 26000], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846], Kottelat 2001:13 [ref. 25482], Pietsch et al. 2001:139 [ref. 25688], Sakai et al. 2001:85 [ref. 25693], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:187 [ref. 26566] dated 1847, Kim & Park 2002:42 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:192 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:141, 489 [ref. 26218], Hagiwara 2003:34 [ref. 27188], Jang et al. 2003:119 [ref. 27681], Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Yonezawa et al. 2010:250 [ref. 30902], Motomura et al. 2010:70 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511], Ho & Shao 2011: 21 [ref. 31432], Psomadakis et al. 2012:15 [ref. 33457], Kottelat 2013:38 [ref. 32989] dated 1847, Watanabe et al. 2014:574 [ref. 35475], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116], Ho et al. 2015:142 [ref. 34130], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35333], Zhang et al. 2019:125 [ref. 36699], Kim et al. 2020:51 [ref. 39118], Guo 2021:79 [ref. 38617], Kuroki et al. 2022:173 [ref. 39912], Jamandre 2023:159 [ref. 40455], Yamamoto et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40214]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

manabei, Anguilla Jordan [D. S.] 1913:359, Pl. 57 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 44 (no. 1957); ref. 14960] Rapid in tributary of Yoshino River, near Koyadaira, a village at foot of Mt. Tsurugi, Awa, Shikoku, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 74118. Type catalog: Smith 1994:3 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Okada 1961:589 [ref. 6363], Kottelat 2013:38 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nigricans, Anguilla Chu [Y.-T.] & Wu [Y. T.] in Chu 1984:185, Fig. 124 [ ref. 8173] Xiamen, China. Holotype (unique): SFC 60-9452. Second author is H. W. Wu. •Valid as Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu 1984 -- (Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:54 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pekinensis, Muraena Basilewsky [S.] 1855:246, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] China: streams near Tianjin and Beijing. No types at ZIN. •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Ege 1939:89 [ref. 13172], Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:38 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

remifera, Anguilla Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1902:325, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1289); ref. 2447] Hokoto [Hokuto, Taipei City], Taiwan. Holotype: ZUMT uncat. (lost) (ex. No. 12064). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:21 [ref. 31432], Aizawa et al. 2022:140 [ref. 39647]. The holotype is apparently lost (Kazuo Sakamoto, pers. comm. 2007, cited in Ho & Shao 2011:21 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Ege 1939:89 [ref. 13172], Okada 1961:589 [ref. 6363], Ho & Shao 2011:21 [ref. 31432], Kottelat 2013:38 [ref. 32989], Ho et al. 2015:142 [ref. 34130], Ho et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34116]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sinensis, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1843:406, Pl. 25 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Chusan, China. No types known. •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511], Ho et al. 2015:142 [ref. 34130]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.