saitone, Bryostemma Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:467, Fig. 13 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1293); ref. 2516] Aomori, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 7072. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:100 [ref. 12291]. Species epithet is an adjective, so ending is saitonis when in masculine genus Chirolophis. •Valid as Chirolophis saitone (Jordan & Snyder 1902) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:77 [ref. 7348], Shiogaki 1983:191 [ref. 26643], Amaoka & Miki in Masuda et al. 1984:301 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1046 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1046 [ref. 26193], Markevitch 2002:701 [ref. 26467], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:17 [ref. 27604], Parin et al. 2014:438 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:848 [ref. 38925]). •Valid as Chirolophis saitonis (Jordan & Snyder 1902). Current status: Valid as Chirolophis saitonis (Jordan & Snyder 1902). Stichaeidae: Chirolophinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Honshu and southern Hokkaido, Japan; Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea, Russia. Habitat: marine.