Species that contain: Inimicus and japonicus [ 4 ] records

aurantiacum, Pelor Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:44, Pl. 18 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Bay of Domura, Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D597 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH 614 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:54 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:493 [ref. 6385], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:118 [ref. 15964], Inaba & Motomura 2018:75 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Habitat: marine.

japonicum, Pelor Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:437, Pl. 93 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Coast of China and seas of Japan. Syntypes: not at MNHN. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:60 [ref. 20738], Inaba & Motomura 2018:75 [ref. 36154]. •Valid as Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:493 [ref. 6385], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:118 [ref. 15964], Cheng & Zhou 1997:418 [ref. 26385], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:131 [ref. 23963], Poss 1999:2307 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:596 [ref. 25086], Mandrytsa 2001:273 [ref. 25636], Shimizu 2001:26 [ref. 25799], Wang et al. 2001:289 [ref. 26566] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Nakabo 2002:596 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:242, 559 [ref. 26218], Inaba & Motomura 2018:75 [ref. 36154], Kim et al. 2020:95 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:46 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Vietnam and China east to Korea and southern Sea of Japan. Habitat: marine.

joubini, Chorismopelor Chevey [P.] 1927:222, Fig. [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 33 (no. 3); ref. 829] Haiphong market, Tonkin, northern Vietnam. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1926-0398. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:26 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Inimicus joubini (Chevey 1927) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:492 [ref. 6385], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Poss 1999:2307 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:596 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Mandrytsa 2001:273 [ref. 25636], Nakabo 2002:596 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Inaba & Motomura 2018:75 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Habitat: marine.

tigrinum, Pelor Richardson [J.] 1846:212 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): UMZC F.2755. Type information: Whitehead & Joysey 1967:154 [ref. 19798], Whitehead 1970:211 [ref. 11606]. •Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:493 [ref. 6385], Inaba & Motomura 2018:75 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Habitat: marine.