Species that contain: Cynoglossus and nigropinnatus [ 2 ] records

melanopterus, Cynoglossus Shen [S.-C.] 1969:21, Figs. 5-8 [Report of the Institute of Fishery Biology of Ministry of Economic Affairs and National Taiwan Unversity, Taipei v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 7845] Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong. Syntypes: (8). Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Cynoglossus by Plagusia melanopterus Bleeker 1851. •Synonym of Cynoglossus kopsii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Menon 1977:42 [ref. 7071]). •Synonym of Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai 1863 -- (Li & Wang 1995:360 [ref. 16193]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai 1963. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Habitat: marine.

nigropinnatus, Cynoglossus Ochiai [A.] 1963:85, Pl. 19; Fig. 46 [Biogeographical Society of Japan (Tokyo) 1963; ref. 7982] Owase, Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan [Mimase fish market, Kochi, Japan]. Holotype: FAKU 18491. Paratypes: FAKU 2437-41 (5), 15995-96 (2), 15998 (1), 16000 (1), 18216-27 (12), 18308-37 (30), 18490 (1), 18492-501 (11), 21791-93 (3), 26587-97 (11), 26601-97 (97). •Synonym of Cynoglossus interruptus Günther 1880 -- (Menon 1977:45 [ref. 7071], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:218 [ref. 21500]). •Valid as Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai 1963 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:356 [ref. 6441], Li & Wang 1995:359 [ref. 16193], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1391 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2001:336 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1391 [ref. 26193], Yokogawa et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29585], Shao et al. 2008:265 [ref. 29952], Ho et al. 2009:13 [ref. 31461], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:113 [ref. 32413], Fricke et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35160], Naito & Endo 2019:[9][ref. 36572], Tashiro 2022:86 [ref. 39012], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1365 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus nigropinnatus Ochiai 1963. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.