japonicus, Lycodes Matsubara [K.] & Iwai [T.] 1951:368, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 12785] Near the sea-coast of Uozu, southeast of Toyama Bay, Japan, depth 303 meters. Holotype: FAKU 13117 (not seen in 1997). Paratypes: (not seen in 1997) FAKU 12773-87 (15), 13115-16 (2), 13118-38 (21), 13150 (1). •Valid as Lycodes japonicus Matsubara & Iwai 1951 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:143 [ref. 7348], Toyoshima in Masuda et al. 1984:307 [ref. 6441], Toyoshima 1985:191 [ref. 5722], Anderson 1994:118 [ref. 21438], Nakabo 2000:1037 [ref. 25182], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:714 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1037 [ref. 26193], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:25 [ref. 27603], Love et al. 2005:143 [ref. 37547], Kim et al. 2006:274 [ref. 29191], Nazakin & Fedorov 2007:705 [ref. 29424], Shinohara et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31715], Balushkin et al. 2011:998 [ref. 32449], Shinohara et al. 2014:265 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:412 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:155 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:94 [ref. 37637], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:838 [ref. 38925], Love et al. 2021:183 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:212 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes japonicus Matsubara & Iwai 1951. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) north to Kuril Islands and Sakhalin (Russia); straying to eastern Bering Sea (Alaska, U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.