banjos, Anoplus Richardson [J.] 1846:236 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Sea of Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2004.11.5.11. Based on Anoplus of Temminck & Schlegel 1841:17, Pl. 8. •Valid as Banjos banjos subspecies banjos (Richardson 1846) -- (Matsunuma & Motomura 2017:[13] [ref. 35072], Sonoyama et al. 2020:58 [ref. 37637]). •Valid as Banjos banjos (Richardson 1846) -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:174 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:477, 672 [ref. 8056], Allen & Swainston 1988:82 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:538 [ref. 12442], Allen 1997:128 [ref. 23977], Nakabo 2000:744 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:323 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:744 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:317, 595 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:432 [ref. 28370], Allen & Cross 2006:1078 [ref. 29003], Shinohara et al. 2014:260 [ref. 33330], Kim et al. 2020:117 [ref. 39118]). Current status: Valid as Banjos banjos (Richardson 1846). Banjosidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: East China Sea, Ryukyu Islands (Japan), southern Korea, Japan. Habitat: marine.