rikuzenius, Dexistes Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:624, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 2526] Matsushima Bay, Japan, Albatross station 3774, depth 84 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51423. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8388 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:141 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Dexistes rikuzenius Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Sakamoto 1984:209 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:352 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:619, 739 [ref. 8056], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:111 [ref. 21500], Kim & Youn 1994:122 [ref. 22286], Shinohara et al. 1996:184 [ref. 26605], Cooper & Chapleau 1998:711 [ref. 26711], Nakabo 2000:1376 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2001:335 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1376 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:432, 682 [ref. 26218], Evseenko 2004:4 [ref. 27606], Shinohara et al. 2005:442 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2011:55 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:275 [ref. 33330], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Kim et al. 2020:189 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:120 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:84 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Dexistes rikuzenius Jordan & Starks 1904. Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.