Species that contain: Uranoscopus and japonicus [ 3 ] records

asper, Uranoscopus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:26, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Southwest coasts of Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D713 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1844.2.21.21 (1, stuffed), 1846.2.16.94 (1, stuffed); RMNH 472 (2), D711 and D712 (2, stuffed), D2873 (1, stuffed); ZMB 532 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 2001:331 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:39 [ref. 12876]. •Synonym of Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541]). Current status: Synonym of Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782. Uranoscopidae. Habitat: marine.

houttuyn, Uranoscopus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:346, 352 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] [Nagasaki, Japan.] Outward Miho Peninsula, innermost Suruga Bay, Japan, depth 36-55 meters. Neotype: HUMZ 109237. Neotype designated (for Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782) by Kishimoto 1987:10 [ref. 6062]. Unneeded replacement name for Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:237, 245 [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782 -- (authors). •Probably a synonym -- (Pietsch 1989:296 [ref. 12541]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782. Uranoscopidae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Uranoscopus Houttuyn [M.] 1782:314 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Outward Miho Peninsula, innermost Suruga Bay, Japan, depth 36-55 meters. Neotype: HUMZ 109237. Neotype designated by Kishimoto 1987:10 [ref. 6062]; original type locality Nagasaki, Japan. See also Uranoscopus houttuyn Lacepède 1800. •See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. •Valid as Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:257 [ref. 19754], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:259 [ref. 8256], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:293 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:559, 713 [ref. 8056], Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Chen et al. 1997:148 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:322 [ref. 26385], Kishimoto in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1075 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847] as cf. japonicus, Shinohara et al. 2001:330 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1075 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:385, 648 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:438 [ref. 28370], Bray & Hoese 2006:1513 [ref. 29049], Shinohara et al. 2011:54 [ref. 31715], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Shinohara et al. 2014:271 [ref. 33330], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Kim et al. 2020:163 [ref. 39118], Prokofiev 2020:678 [ref. 37858], Sonoyama et al. 2020:98 [ref. 37637], Prokofiev 2021:674 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus japonicus Houttuyn 1782. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Singapore east to Philippines, north to Korea, Japan and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.