| Citation | Yamashita, M., D. Golani and H. Motomura, 2011, A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan.. Zootaxa 3107:47-58. |
| Ref. | Yamashita, M., D. Golani and H. Motomura, 2011 |
| Page | 47-58 |
| Named Used as Valid | Upeneus itoui |
| Comment | Figs. 165; Tabs 1–2 |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Pacific Ocean: southern Japan (including Okinawajima Island in the Ryukyu Islands, and Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Kochi, and Ehime Prefectures). |
| Quote | The last locality was based on underwater photographs reported as 'Mullidae, indet. Gen. and sp. 1' by Takagi et al. (2010: 65) (Ref. 88711). |