ensifer, Sebastes Chen [L.-C.] 1971:19, Pl. 2 (fig. B) [Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California v. 18; ref. 7668] Off La Jolla, California, U.S.A., depth 100 meters. Holotype: SIO 67-295. Paratypes: CAS 17609 [ex SIO 65-149] (1), 26585 [ex SIO 69-149] (1), LACM 3420-21 (1, 1), 22127 (1); SIO 15-206 (1) (ex UCLA W54-382), 15-1884 (1) (ex UCLA W56-262), 48-166 (1) (ex UCLA W49-346), 49-163 (2) (ex UCLA W49-416), 55-97 (2), 57-47 (1), 61-502 (1), 62-690 (1), 63-239 (2), 64-321 (1), 65-106 (3), -113 (2), -149 (3), 67-9 (1), -143 (2), -224 (5), -226 (1), -295 (1), 68-6 (1), -21 (3), 69-29 (1); ZIN 42267 [ex SIO 65-149] (1). •Valid as Sebastes ensifer Chen 1971 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:139 [ref. 9277], Léon-Castro et al. 1993:322 [ref. 24939], Orr et al. 2000:39 [ref. 24942], Shytko 2001:29 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:170 [ref. 26216], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:76 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:82 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:136 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:59 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:108 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes ensifer Chen 1971. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.