macropus, Tactostoma Bolin [R. L.] 1939:39, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1939 (no. 1); ref. 507] Off Monterey Bay, California, U.S.A., 36°42'N, 122°03'W, 900 meters of cable out. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 33325. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:17 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Tactostoma macropus Bolin 1939 -- (Yamamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:87, 182 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:52 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:4 [ref. 24081], Matarese et al. 1989:114 [ref. 26885], Pequeño 1989:31 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:95 [ref. 14674], Kawaguchi & Moser 1993:161 [ref. 22460], Shinohara et al. 1994:62 [ref. 22800], Shinohara et al. 1996:163 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:331 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:21 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:224 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:331 [ref. 26001], Nelson et al. 2004:87 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:39 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:88 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:150 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:348 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:43 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:90 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Tactostoma macropus Bolin 1939. Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae. Distribution: Pacific: Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea, then Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Chile. Habitat: marine.