pacificus, Bathylagus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:55 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Pacific off Washington, U.S.A., Albatross station 3071 and 3074, depth 685-877 fathoms. Syntypes: (2) CAS-SU 29 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:16 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Bathylagus pacificus Gilbert 1890 -- (Kanayama in Amaoka et al. 1983:83, 180, 233, 316 [ref. 8379], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:41 [ref. 6441], Matarese et al. 1989:62 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:71 [ref. 14674], Miya 1994:435 [ref. 21253], Shinohara et al. 1994:55 [ref. 22800], Kubota & Tsukada 1996:56 [ref. 24966], Shinohara et al. 1996:159 [ref. 26605], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:67 [ref. 24545], Nakabo 2000:286 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:18 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:153 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:286 [ref. 26001], Fedorov et al. 2003:28 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:29 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:158 [ref. 28379], Fujii et al. 2010:510 [ref. 30881], Fricke et al. 2011:356 [ref. 31242], Parin et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33547], Burton & Lea 2019:38 [ref. 37205], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:68 [ref. 38158], Love et al. 2021:47 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:81 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathylagus pacificus Gilbert 1890. Bathylagidae. Distribution: North Pacific: southern Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to southern Bering Sea; Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.