nierstraszi, Peristedion Weber [M.] 1913:514, Pl. 5 (figs. 1, 1a-b) [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Flores Sea, 7°35.4'S, 117°28.6'E, Siboga station 38, depth 521 meters. Lectotype: ZMA 112441. Paralectotypes: ZMA 112441-42 (2, 1). Kawai 2016:342 [ref. 34782] identified 112442 as Peristedion richardsi. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:82 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype designated by Kawai 2016:341 [ref. 34782]. •Valid as Peristedion nierstraszi Weber 1913 -- (Miller 1974:69 [ref. 23142], Ochiai & Yatou in Masuda et al. 1984:335 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:110 [ref. 15964], Richards 1999:2362 [ref. 24797], Nakabo 2000:610 [ref. 25086], Richards in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:317 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:610 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:427 [ref. 28370], Kawai 2008:24 [ref. 29787], Ho et al. 2013:47 [ref. 33263], Ono & Kawai 2014:117 [ref. 35455]). •Synonym of Peristedion riversandersoni Alcock 1894 -- (Kawai 2016:342 [ref. 34782]). Current status: Synonym of Peristedion riversandersoni Alcock 1894. Triglidae: Peristediinae. Distribution: East Indian Ocean and western North Pacific: Flores Sea, Java, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Philippines [if valid]. Habitat: marine.