Species that contain: Uranoscopus and oligolepis [ 3 ] records

chinensis, Uranoscopus Guichenot [A.] in Sauvage 1882:169 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 6; ref. 3894] China. Lectotype: MNHN A-3101. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-5427 (1) Macao. Guichenot's contribution to the description is unclear, perhaps authorship should be Sauvage (ex Guichenot). Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Kishimoto 1989:748 [ref. 22437]. •Valid as Uranoscopus chinensis Guichenot 1882 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Pietsch & Kishimoto 1989:748 [ref. 22437], Chen et al. 1997:147 [ref. 26476], Kishimoto in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1075 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1075 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:385, 648 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:438 [ref. 28370], Ho & Shao 2011: 51 [ref. 31432], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36122], Kim et al. 2020:163 [ref. 39118], Prokofiev 2020:678 [ref. 37858], Sonoyama et al. 2020:98 [ref. 37637]). •Synonym of Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878 -- (Prokofiev 2021:657 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Synonym of Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878. Uranoscopidae. Habitat: marine.

flavipinnis, Uranoscopus Kishimoto [H.] 1987:4, Fig. 2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 34 (no. 1); ref. 6062] Outside coast of Miho Peninsula, innermost Suruga Bay, Pacific coast of Japan, depth 7-10 meters. Holotype: HUMZ 107319. Paratypes: BMNH 1986.3.10.1-3 (3); HUMZ 80659 (1), 107320-21 (1, 1), 107322-25 (1, 1, 1, 1); IORD 67-1 (1), 79-35 (1), 79-36 (1), 79-38 (1), 79-122 (1), 79-139 (1), 79-145 (1), 80-66 (1); MNHN 1986-0332 to 0333 (1, 1); MSM 79-490 thru 492 (1, 1, 1); NSMT-P 44172-74 (3); RMNH 29572-73 (1, 1); USNM 276951-53 (1 ea.); YCM-P 8021 (3); ZUMT 55110-02 (3). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432], Shibata et al. 2011:17 [ref. 31469]. •Synonym of Uranoscopus chinensis Guichenot 1882 -- (Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Pietsch & Kishimoto 1989:748 [ref. 22437], Kishimoto in Randall & Lim 2000:631 [ref. 25122], Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878 -- (Prokofiev 2021:657 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Synonym of Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878. Uranoscopidae. Habitat: marine.

oligolepis, Uranoscopus Bleeker [P.] 1878:55 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 13; ref. 17120] Nagasaki, Japan [Sumatra; Java; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia]. Lectotype: RMNH 5941. Paralectotypes: RMNH 4383 (1), 4384 (1) [= Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor 1849]. Based on literature sources and specimens. Plate 425 in Atlas is cited in the original description but never published. Lectotype selected by Prokofiev 2021:657 [ref. 38659]. •Valid as Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:257 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:221 [ref. 29757], Pietsch 1989:295 [ref. 12541], Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:539 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:148 [ref. 26476], Kishimoto 2001:3528 [ref. 26287], Bray & Hoese 2006:1514 [ref. 29049], Fricke et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32771], Larson et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32988], Vilasri 2013:90 [ref. 33304], Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36122], Fricke et al. 2019:254 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:536 [ref. 37272], Prokofiev 2021:657 [ref. 38659]). Current status: Valid as Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker 1878. Uranoscopidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern China and Taiwan north to southern Sea of Japan (Japan). Habitat: marine.