Species that contain: Synagrops and japonicum [ 3 ] records

japonicum, Acropoma Günther [A.] 1859:250 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Japanese Sea. No types known. Based on Acropoma sp. of Temminck & Schlegel 1843:31 [ref. 4371] and Pl. 12 (figs. 2-3) in 1845 [ref. 4373]. Apparently confused by authors with Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein 1883); there are two separate species: Acropoma japonicum Günther and a Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein). •Valid as Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859 -- (Dor 1984:119 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:455, 661 [ref. 8056], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Klausewitz 1986:285 [ref. 39512], Paxton et al. 1989:510 [ref. 12442], Baranes & Golani 1993:307 [ref. 22372] as japonicus, Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356] as japonicus, Mohsin & Ambak 1996:261 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:142 [ref. 23922], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813] as japonica, Nakabo 2000:687 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2002:21 [ref. 25952], Nakabo 2002:687 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 588 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:429 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28994] as japonica, Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Larson et al. 2013:96 [ref. 32988] as japonica, Yoshida et al. 2013:96 [ref. 34464], Shinohara et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33330], Okamoto 2014:9 [ref. 33346], Psomadakis et al. 2015:194 [ref. 34104], Okamoto & Golani 2017:[13] [ref. 35510], Golani & Fricke 2018:80 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:97 [ref. 36460], Prokofiev 2018:939 [ref. 36462], Okamoto et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36782], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:111 [ref. 39118], Okamoto et al. 2021:[10] [ref. 38164]). Current status: Valid as Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859. Acropomatidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea and East China Sea, northern Vietnam and China to southern Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

japonicum, Melanostoma Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:124 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 20 (no. 15) (for 14 June 1883); ref. 20490] Tokyo, Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW 76006. Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:5, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [ref. 4247]. •Valid as Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein 1883) -- (Fricke 1999:173 [ref. 24106] with author as Günther 1859, Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:225, 375 [ref. 8256], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:124 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:457, 662 [ref. 8056], Heemstra 1986:563 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:515 [ref. 12442], Adam et al. 1998:12 [ref. 23610], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:685 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:320 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:685 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:307, 589 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:338 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:979 [ref. 28994], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Randall 2007:185 [ref. 30952], Yamanoue & Toda 2008:200 [ref. 29613] with author as Günther 1859, Fricke et al. 2009:42 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Shinohara et al. 2011:48 [ref. 31715], Larson et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33330], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709], Heemstra in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2361 [ref. 34618], Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017:57 [ref. 35293], Motomura et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:143 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:113 [ref. 39118], Kawai et al. 2020:44 [ref. 37785], Psomadakis et al. 2020:381 [ref. 37272] as aff. japonicus, Kovačić et al. 2021:64 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:297 [ref. 39448] misidentified, Heemstra 2022:162 [ref. 39747]). Current status: Valid as Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein 1883). Synagropidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), western Mascarenes (La Réunion) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

splendens, Synagrops Lloyd [R. E.] 1909:159 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 2814] Gulf of Oman, 23°47'N, 58°30'30"E, Investigator sta 341, depth 230 fathoms. Holotype (unique): ZSI F1164/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:143 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:39 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Lloyd 1909: Pl. 47 (fig. 5) [ref. 20539]. •Synonym of Acropoma japonicum Günther 1859 -- (Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909) -- (Okamoto et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36782], Eagderi et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:380 [ref. 37272], Okamoto et al. 2021:[8] [ref. 38164]). Current status: Valid as Acropoma splendens (Lloyd 1909). Acropomatidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea east to Bay of Bengal, India and Myanmar and Andaman Sea, Thailand. Habitat: marine.