asiro, Otophidium Jordan [D. S.] & Fowler [H. W.] 1902:752, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1303); ref. 2459] Misaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 7123. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:103 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Otophidium asiro Jordan & Fowler 1902 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:192 [ref. 7348], Nakabo 2000:438 [ref. 25086]). •Synonym of Ophidion muraenolepis Günther 1880 -- (Robins in Nielsen et al. 1999:40 [ref. 24448]). •Possibly a synonym of Ophidion muraenolepis(Günther 1880) -- (see Randall 2007:118 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Ophidion asiro (Jordan & Fowler 1902) -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Chen & Shao 1991:12 [ref. 16679], Nielsen in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:307 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:438 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:414 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2014:241 [ref. 33330], Sonoyama et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Ophidion asiro (Jordan & Fowler 1902). Ophidiidae: Ophidiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan and China north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.