Species that contain: Symphurus and orientalis [ 2 ] records

novemfasciatus, Symphurus Shen [S.-C.] & Lin [W.-W.] 1984:8, Fig. 3 [Taiwan Museum Special Publications Series No. 4; ref. 13822] Tungkong, southwestern Taiwan. Holotype: NTUM 04564. Paratypes: NTUM 04565 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:63 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Symphurus novemfasciatus Shen & Lin 1984 -- (Li & Wang 1995:383 [ref. 16193], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Ho & Shao 2011:63 [ref. 31432], Lee et al. 2016:[11] [ref. 34740]). •Synonym of Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker 1879) -- (Lee et al. 2013:3849 [ref. 32506], Kwun & Kim 2016:211 [ref. 34467]). Current status: Synonym of Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker 1879). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Taiwan [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

orientalis, Aphoristia Bleeker [P.] 1879:31, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 18; ref. 460] Tosa Bay, off Kochi, Japan, 300-400 meters. Neotype: BSKU 44238. •Valid as Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker 1879) -- (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:303, 408 [ref. 8256], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:356 [ref. 6441], Kim & Choi 1994:810 [ref. 22283], Li & Wang 1995:380 [ref. 16193], Munroe & Amaoka 1998:389 [ref. 23626], Evseenko 1998:61 [ref. 23643], Munroe in Randall & Lim 2000:646 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1392 [ref. 25182], Munroe 2001:3895 [ref. 26314], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1392 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:441, 690 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:443 [ref. 28370], Lee et al. 2009:57 [ref. 30387], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:115 [ref. 32413], Lee et al. 2013:383 [ref. 32506], Shinohara et al. 2014:278 [ref. 33330], Lee et al. 2014:563 [ref. 33409], Parin et al. 2014:549 [ref. 33547], Kwun & Kim 2016:211 [ref. 34467], Lee et al. 2016:[11] [ref. 34740], Kim et al. 2020:197 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:126 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:86 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Symphurus orientalis (Bleeker 1879). Cynoglossidae: Symphurinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea, Japan, Taiwan and East and South China Sea. Habitat: marine.