japonicus, Macrourus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:256, Pl. 112 (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Bays in provinces Omura and Shimabara, East China Sea, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 3476. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1405-1406 (2, stuffed). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:185 [ref. 12876], but see Nakayama 2020:81 [ref. 37888]. •Valid as Caelorhinchus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Nakabo 2000:433 [ref. 25086], Iwamoto in Randall & Lim 2000:595 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:305 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:433 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:416 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2014:241 [ref. 33330]). •Valid as Coelorinchus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Okamura in Okamura et al. 1982:181, 353 [ref. 8256] as Coelorhynchus, Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:98 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:231, 367 [ref. 8057], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:162 [ref. 18936], Arruda 1997:67 [ref. 24952] as Coelorhynchus, Choi et al. 2003:209, 539 [ref. 26218], Kim et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30413], Parin et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33547], Iwamoto et al. 2015:57 [ref. 35408], Miyazaki et al. 2019:122 [ref. 37957], Kim et al. 2020:71 [ref. 39118], Nakayama 2020:76 [ref. 37888]). Current status: Valid as Coelorinchus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Macrouridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.