Species that contain: Ostichthys and japonicus [ 4 ] records

japonicus, Myripristis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:173, Pl. 58 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:36 [ref. 20740]. Appeared as name only in Cuvier 1829:151 [ref. 995]. •Valid as Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:46 [ref. 19756], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:211, 368 [ref. 8256], Kyushin et al. 1982:38 [ref. 19754], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:429, 650 [ref. 8056], Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:258 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:89 [ref. 23292], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:190 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:29 [ref. 26476], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2247 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:494 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:494 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:226, 551 [ref. 26218] with author as Valenciennes, Shinohara et al. 2005:422 [ref. 28370], Allen et al. 2006:781 [ref. 29066], Satapoomin 2009:52 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:67 [ref. 34464], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:79 [ref. 34690], Greenfield et al. 2017:21 [ref. 35170] and as cf. japonicus, Fricke 2017:68 [ref. 35313], Motomura et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35490], Fricke 2017:[5] [ref. 35637], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35840], Kim et al. 2020:83 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:352 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Andaman Sea east to Philippines, north to Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to Shark Bay (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia) New Caledonia, Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

major, Holotrachys Whitley [G. P.] 1950:33, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 12979] Off New South Wales, between Wattamolla and Port Kambla, Australia, 34°50'S, 151°00'E, depth 106 fathoms. Holotype: AMS IB.2166. •Synonym of Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:258 [ref. 16678], Allen et al. 2006:781 [ref. 29066], Greenfield et al. 2017:21 [ref. 35170], Matsunuma et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35840]). Current status: Synonym of Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

pillwaxii, Myripristis Steindachner [F.] 1893:150 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 30 (no. 14) (for 18 May 1893); ref. 20494] Yokohama, Japan or Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1893:215, Pl. 1 [ref. 14536]. Locality in abstract [ref. 20494] as Yokohama, later as Honolulu in main work [ref. 14536]. •Synonym of Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829). •Synonym of Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes 1862) -- (Randall & Greenfield 1999:2246 [ref. 24790], Mundy 2005:309 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:149 [ref. 30952], Greenfield et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35170]). Current status: Synonym of Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes 1862). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

sheni, Ostichthys Chen [J.-P.], Shao [K.-T.] & Mok [H.-K.] 1990:258, Fig. 14 [Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) v. 29 (no. 4); ref. 16678] Chungchou, Taiwan. Holotype: NSYU 792. Paratypes: NTUM 03682 (1), THUP (now at NMMBP) 00478 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:39 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Ostichthys sheni Chen, Shao & Mok 1990 -- (Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Ho & Shao 2011:39 [ref. 31432], Greenfield et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35170], Fricke 2017:68 [ref. 35313], Fricke 2017:[5] [ref. 35637]). •Synonym of Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Matsunuma et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35840]). Current status: Synonym of Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier 1829). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Pacific near Taiwan and in the South China Sea [if valid]. Habitat: marine.