benjamini, Alectrias Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:475, Fig. 16 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1293); ref. 2516] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 7074. Paratypes: USNM 50295 (1). Additional material: ANSP 24897-98 (2), 71801-02 (2); CAS-SU 7103 (57), 7157 (2); ?USNM 120399 [ex MCZ 28987] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:99 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:140 [ref. 13621], Springer & Anderson 1997:8 [ref. 22953]. •Synonym of Alectrias alectrolophus (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:113 [ref. 7348], Lavrova 1990:47 [ref. 20302]). •Valid as Alectrias benjamini Jordan & Snyder 1902 -- (Amaoka & Miki in Masuda et al. 1984:301 [ref. 6441], Cheng & Zhou 1997:330 [ref. 26385], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:12 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1053 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:38 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:764 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1053 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:377, 640 [ref. 26218], Chereshnev et al. 2003:747 [ref. 27536], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:19 [ref. 27604], Balanov et al. 2009:436 [ref. 32468], Sheiko 2012:309 [ref. 32051], Parin et al. 2014:432 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:849 [ref. 38925]). Current status: Valid as Alectrias benjamini Jordan & Snyder 1902. Stichaeidae: Alectriinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Kuril Islands, Aniva Bay, Japan from Hokkaido to northern Honshu, Japan Sea to Korean Peninsula; Yellow Sea at Chefoo and Gulf of Pohai. Habitat: marine.