Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Maurolicus; Species: japonicus; (non Ishikawa, 1915)

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		misapplied name, original combination
Status ref. :		Witzell, W.N., 1979
Comment :		Valid species Nakabo (Ref. 41299).
Etymology of Generic name :		Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name :
Status in Catalogue of Life:		Misapplied name
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life (misapplied name) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym

Entered by : Luna, Susan M. - 1993-07-15

Modified by :Bailly, Nicolas - 2006-02-03

Checked by : Kullander, Sven O. - 2003-08-22