linguidens, Scopelarchus Mead [G. W.] & Böhlke [J. E.] 1953:241, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 12704] 45 miles east of Ohakozaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 39°21'00"N, 142°57'30"E, depth less than 13 meters. Holotype: USNM 163281. Paratypes: CAS-SU 18671 (1), 18672 (1, c&s). •Valid as Benthalbella linguidens (Meads & Böhlke 1953) -- (Johnson 1974:84 [ref. 7050], Johnson 1982:157 [ref. 5519], Yamamoto in Amaoka et al. 1983:95, 186 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:63 [ref. 6441], Peden et al. 1985:5 [ref. 24081], McAllister 1990:98 [ref. 14674], Castro-Aguirre 1991:74 [ref. 19554], Shinohara et al. 1994:63 [ref. 22800], Nakabo 2000:375 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:21 [ref. 25650], Chen 2002:241 [ref. 26587], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:231 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:375 [ref. 26001], Love et al. 2005:40 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:7 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33547], Davis 2015:67 [ref. 33682], Love et al. 2021:62 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:91 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Benthalbella linguidens (Mead & Böhlke 1953). Scopelarchidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Japan and southern Kuril Islands; northeastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.