verecundus, Spirinchus Jordan [D. S.] & Metz [C. W.] 1913:11, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 2490] Chinnampo, Korea. Holotype: FMNH 55807 [ex CM 4570]. Paratypes: FMNH 55808 (1), CAS-SU 23881 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:53 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:16 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:81 [ref. 12367]. •Questionably a synonym of Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard 1854) -- (Berg 1948:450 [ref. 12882]). •Synonym of Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard 1854) -- (McAllister 1963:30 [ref. 8075]). •Synonym of Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort 1856) -- (Saruwatari et al. 1997:76 [ref. 23753], Youn et al. 1999:149 [ref. 25173], Choi et al. 2003:526 [ref. 26218], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:673 [ref. 34853]). Current status: Synonym of Hypomesus japonicus (Brevoort 1856). Osmeridae. Habitat: marine.