orientalis, Histiophorus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1844:103, Pl. 55 [Fauna Japonica Parts 5-6; ref. 4372] Nagasaki, Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:97 [ref. 12876], Boeseman 1964:468, Fig. 19 [ref. 20805]. No types known; based on a drawing and manuscript of Burger. •Valid as Histiophorus orientalis Temminck & Schlegel 1844 -- (Chen et al. 1997:160 [ref. 26476] dated 1842, Cheng & Zhou 1997:353 [ref. 26385] dated 1842). •Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792) -- (de Sylva 1973:478 [ref. 7210], Nakamura 1983:278 [ref. 5371], Nakamura 1985:23 [ref. 20161], Nakamura in Fischer et al. 1995:1189 [ref. 22829], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:40 [ref. 25650], Choi et al. 2003:676 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S27 [ref. 28536], Mundy 2005:508 [ref. 28379], Parin et al. 2014:517 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792). Istiophoridae. Habitat: marine.