Species that contain: Engraulis and japonica [ 4 ] records

chinensis, Engraulis Günther [A.] 1880:73 [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Amoy (currently Xiamen), China. Lectotype: BMNH 1860.7.20.103. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1831.12.27.203 (1, possible syntype, poor condition), 1860.7.20.105-106 (2), 1964.11.6.8-11 (4, possible syntypes). Based on Chinese specimens of Engraulis japonica of Günther 1868:390 [ref. 1990]. Lectotype designated by Hata & Motomura 2018:[2] [ref. 35807]. •Valid as Stolephorus chinensis (Günther 1880) -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:408 [ref. 5725], Wongratana et al. 1999:1732 [ref. 24719], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Zhang 2001:130 [ref. 26586], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:15 [ref. 34319], Hata & Motomura 2018:[2] [ref. 35807], Hata et al. 2019:26 [ref. 36766]). Current status: Valid as Stolephorus chinensis (Günther 1880). Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern China endemic. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Argentina Forster [J. R.] 1795:16 [Zoologia Indica, sistens descriptiones animalium selectorum; ref. 18091] India. Name only. Based on Chaetodon Atherina japonica Houttuyn 1782. •Synonym of Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Current status: Synonym of Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Atherina Houttuyn [M.] 1782:340 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Name suppressed by ICZN (Opinion 749) for priority, but not for homonymy; see also Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]; from Japan. •In the synonymy of Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:318 [ref. 5725], Mizuno et al. 1999:5 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:248 [ref. 25086]). •Treated as valid as Engraulis japonicus (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Nakabo 2002:248 [ref. 26001], Matsunuma et al. 2010:82 [ref. 31558]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Engraulis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:239, Pl. 108 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan. No types known. Based on figure and manuscript of Burger (Boeseman 1947:176 [ref. 12876]). •Valid as Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Uyeno & Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:20 [ref. 6441], Nelson 1984:424 [ref. 5190], Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:205 [ref. 6284], Whitehead et al. 1988:318 [ref. 5725], Youn & Kim 1996:37 [ref. 25727], Cheng & Zhou 1997:75 [ref. 26385], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:8 [ref. 24670] with author as Houttuyn, Fricke 1999:77 [ref. 24106], Wongratana et al. 1999:1719 [ref. 24719], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:17 [ref. 25650], Shimizu 2001:21 [ref. 25799], Wang et al. 2001:55 [ref. 26566], Zhang 2001:120 [ref. 26586], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:139 [ref. 25968], Choi et al. 2003:149, 495 [ref. 26218], Fedorov et al. 2003:24 [ref. 27579], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:31 [ref. 28183], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:110 [ref. 28072], Love et al. 2005:25 [ref. 37547], Parin et al. 2014:52 [ref. 33547], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35333], Kwun et al. 2017:141 [ref. 37287], Motomura et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35490] as japonica, Kim et al. 2020:59 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37637] as japonica, Dyldin et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:62 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39279], Dyldin et al. 2022:[18] [ref. 39193], Page et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Engraulis japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Engraulidae: Engraulinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Indonesia north to Korea, Japan and Kamchatka (Russia), straying to western Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.). Western Indian Ocean populations may belong to a separate species. Habitat: marine.