kiensis, Platophrys Tanaka [S.] 1918:225 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 30 (no. 356); ref. 17357] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 8313. •Valid as Parabothus kiensis (Tanaka 1918) -- (Amaoka 1969:125 [ref. 105], Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:297, 406 [ref. 8256], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:348 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:617, 738 [ref. 8056], Amaoka & Shen 1993:1045 [ref. 22092], Kim & Youn 1994:110 [ref. 22286], Amaoka et al. 1997:163 [ref. 23744], Nakabo 2000:1361 [ref. 25182], Uyeda & Sasaki 2001:418 [ref. 25795], Hensley & Amaoka 2001:3838 [ref. 26311], Hutchins 2001:46 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:334 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1361 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:429, 680 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:442 [ref. 28370], Hoese & Bray 2006:1822 [ref. 29000], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:94 [ref. 32413], Voronina & Causse 2014:149 [ref. 33421], Voronina et al. 2017:275 [ref. 35063], Amaoka & Ho 2019:199 [ref. 37188], Fricke et al. 2019:370 [ref. 37176], Kim et al. 2020:193 [ref. 39118], Tashiro 2022:84 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Parabothus kiensis (Tanaka 1918). Bothidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Taiwan to Korea and Japan; off northern Western Australia; New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.