raridens, Lycodes Taranetz [A. Ya.] & Andriashev [A. P.] in Andriashev 1937:335, Figs. 13, 14 [Issled. Morey SSSR, Leningrad v. 25; ref. 20242] Bering Sea, Gulf of Anadry, 61°52'N, 173°11'W, depth 66 meters. Holotype: ZIN 25070. Paratypes: ZIN 13009 (1), 23757 (1), 24845 (6), 25071 (1), 29999 (2), 30007 (2), 30008 (1), 30010 (2). Type catalog: Balushkin et al. 2011:1008 [ref. 32449], Balushkin et al. 2012:163 [ref. 33667]. •Questionably a synonym of Lycodes brevicaudus Taranetz & Andriashev 1935 -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:36 [ref. 25650]). •Valid as Lycodes raridens Taranetz & Andriashev 1937 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:161 [ref. 7348], Toyoshima 1985:198 [ref. 5722], Scott & Scott 1988:408 [ref. 25518], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Chikilev & Kharitonov 2000:100 [ref. 24916], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:711 [ref. 25968], Fedorov et al. 2003:116 [ref. 27579], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:28 [ref. 27603], Nelson et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:144 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2007:182 [ref. 29448], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:128 [ref. 31212], Balushkin et al. 2011:1008 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:419 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:165 [ref. 34033], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:178 [ref. 34440] see remarks, Kells et al. 2016:274 [ref. 35888], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:348 [ref. 36370], Smirnova et al. 2019:491 [ref. 36948], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:840 [ref. 38925], Love et al. 2021:184 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:213 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes raridens Taranetz & Andriashev 1937. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic and adjacent North Pacific. Habitat: marine.