gracilis, Lycodes Sars [M.] 1867:40, 45, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-3) [Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (for 1866); ref. 18657] Drøbaksundet, Oslo Fjord, Norway, depth 94-113 meters. Holotype: ZMUO J4525. Type catalog: Pethon 1969:11 [ref. 19268]. •Synonym of Lycodes vahlii Reinhardt 1831, but a valid subspecies -- (Andriashev 1973:542 [ref. 9214] as vahli, Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1146 [ref. 13677] as vahli, Saito & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:201 [ref. 22531]). •Synonym of Lycodes vahlii Reinhardt 1831 -- (Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438]). •Valid as Lycodes gracilis Sars 1867 -- (Carl 2002:75 [ref. 26925], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:25 [ref. 27603], Møller et al. 2010:61 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg 2011:124 [ref. 31212] as vahli, Balushkin et al. 2011:995 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:162 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:411 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:328 [ref. 36370], Smirnova et al. 2019:491 [ref. 36948], Page et al. 2023:212 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes gracilis Sars 1867. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.