mollis, Beryx Abe [T.] 1959:157, Pls. 4-6 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 7 (nos 5-6); ref. 11971] Sagami Bay off Odawara City, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 49583 [not 4958] (not seen in 1997). Paratypes: ABE 1959-27 (1), ABE 1959-2 (1). •Synonym of Beryx splendens Lowe 1834 -- (Heemstra 1986:410 [ref. 5660]). •Valid as Beryx mollis Abe 1959 -- (Kotlyar 1993:187 [ref. 21209], Kotlyar 1996:99 [ref. 23292], Konishi 1999:28 [ref. 24259], Yoshino et al. 1999:77 [ref. 30798], Nakabo 2000:486 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Yoshino & Kotlyar 2001:119 [ref. 29370], Nakabo 2002:486 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:422 [ref. 28370], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2015:17 [ref. 34709], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521], Anderson 2022:386 [ref. 39705], Kimura 2023:878 [ref. 40631]). Current status: Valid as Beryx mollis Abe 1959. Berycidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Error Seamount (off Somalia), Socotra (Yemen); South China Sea north to Japan; New Caledonia; southeastern Pacific: Nazca Ridge. Habitat: marine.