Species that contain: Maurolicus and japonicus [ 2 ] records

japonicus, Maurolicus Ishikawa [C.] 1915:183, Pls. 12-13 [Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University Tokyo v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 14999] Uodan [Uodu], Japan, Japanese Sea, depth usually 200-300 fathoms. Syntypes: (34) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789) -- (Witzell 1973:120 [ref. 7172]). •Synonym of Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915 -- (Peden et al. 1985:4 [ref. 24081], Parin & Kobyliansky 1993:97 [ref. 21208], Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:193 [ref. 22246], Nakabo 2000:312 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:312 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:404 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:170 [ref. 28379], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Shinohara et al. 2011:39 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:237 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:145 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:65 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa 1915. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia), Pacific coast of Japan; Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

walvisensis, Maurolicus Parin [N. V.] & Kobyliansky [S. G.] 1993:90 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 128; ref. 21208] Southeastern Atlantic, 25°05'S, 13°59'E, depth 50-0 meters. Holotype: ZIN 50111. Paratypes: IOAN 6/N (10), USNM 321405 (5), ZIN 50112 (17), ZMMU P-18778 (18). Plus additional matrial. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:40 [ref. 25714]. •Possibly the same as Maurolicus japonicus Ishikara 1915 -- (Kim et al. 2008:1212 [ref. 29709]). •Synonym of Maurolicus australis Hector 1875 -- (Rees et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37969] with question). •Valid as Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky 1993 -- (Parin & Kobyliansky 1996:192 [ref. 22246], Suneetha et al. 2000:1606 [ref. 40923], Savinykh & Baytalyuk 2010:148 [ref. 31015], Lima et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31116], Harold 2016:1795 [ref. 34568], Sutton et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37832]). Current status: Valid as Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky 1993. Sternoptychidae: Maurolicinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: 20°S-35°S; southwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.