japonicus, Chirolophis Herzenstein [S. M.] 1890:123 [33] [Mélanges Biologiques, tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg v. 13; ref. 2149] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZIN 8724. Type catalog: Balushkin et al. 2012:119 [ref. 33656]. On p. 33 of Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg (n. s.) v. 2. •Valid as Chirolophis japonicus Herzenstein 1890 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:82 [ref. 7348], Shiogaki 1983:191 [ref. 26643], Amaoka & Miki in Masuda et al. 1984:301 [ref. 6441], Shiogaki 1985:191 [ref. 5199], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:12 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1047 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1047 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:377 (with year 1892), 641 [ref. 26218], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:16 [ref. 27604], Parin et al. 2014:438 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:155 [ref. 39118], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:848 [ref. 38925]). Current status: Valid as Chirolophis japonicus Herzenstein 1890. Stichaeidae: Chirolophinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Japan, Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Yellow Sea. Habitat: marine.