Species that contain: Hoplichthys and langsdorfii [ 2 ] records

langsdorfii, Hoplichthys Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:264, Pl. 81 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Japan. Syntypes: MNHN A-9029 (3), ?ZMB 6103 (1, dry), ZMB 6491 (1, dry). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:41 [ref. 20738], Paepke & Fricke 1992:279 [ref. 19946]. See generic account of Hoplichthys; genus on p. 264 and Pl. 81 as Oplichthys but spelled Hoplichthys on p. xix. •Valid as Hoplichthys langsdorfii Cuvier 1829 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:163 [ref. 15964] as langsdorfi, Chen et al. 1997:173 [ref. 26476], McGrouther 1999:2424 [ref. 24808], Nakabo 2000:621 [ref. 25086], McGrouther in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:319 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:621 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:260, 571 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:428 [ref. 28370], Nagano et al. 2012:261 [ref. 32419], Nagano et al. 2013:7 [ref. 32577], Shinohara et al. 2014:247 [ref. 33330], Nagano et al. 2014:6 [ref. 33541], Kim et al. 2020:99 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:49 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Hoplichthys langsdorfii Cuvier 1829. Hoplichthyidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan and China to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

regani, Hoplichthys Jordan [D. S.] (ex Regan) 1908:800 [American Naturalist v. 42 (no. 504); ref. 10515] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 22390. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:126 [ref. 12291]. Based on Hoplichthys langsdorfii of Jordan & Richardson 1908:645 [ref. 2491]. •Valid as Hoplichthys regani Jordan 1908 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:163 [ref. 15964], Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477] with authors as Jordan & Richardson, Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977] [not this species], McGrouther 1999:2424 [ref. 24808], Nakabo 2000:621 [ref. 25086] with authors as Jordan & Richardson, McGrouther in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:621 [ref. 26001] with authors as Jordan & Richardson, Paxton et al. 2006:950 [ref. 29080] [not this species], Nagano et al. 2012:256 [ref. 32419], Nagano et al. 2013:7 [ref. 32577], Shinohara et al. 2014:247 [ref. 33330], Nagano et al. 2014:6 [ref. 33541] ). Current status: Valid as Hoplichthys regani Jordan 1908. Hoplichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean off Australia. Habitat: marine.