major, Zoarchias Tomiyama [I.] 1972:14, Fig. 6 [Publications from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory Kyushu University v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 446] Ike-jima, Japan. Holotype: Aitsu Mar. Biol. Sta., Kumamoto University. Paratypes: (1). Other material: (3). •Valid as Zoarchias major Tomiyama 1972 -- (Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:304 [ref. 6441], Suzuki & Uno 1992:3 [ref. 24139], Nakabo 2000:1043 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1043 [ref. 26193], Katafuchi et al. 2002:4 [ref. 26564], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:24 [ref. 27604], Kimura & Sato 2007:67 [ref. 29110], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:159 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:95 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Zoarchias major Tomiyama 1972. Neozoarcidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Korea and southern and central Japan. Habitat: marine.