hexagrammus, Stichaeus Schlegel [H.] in Temminck & Schlegel 1845:136, Pl. 78 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Shimabara Bay, near Nagasaki, Japan. No types known. Based on a drawing and manuscript of Burger (Boeseman 1947:117 [ref. 12876]). •Valid as Ernogrammus hexagrammus (Schlegel 1845) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:71 [ref. 7348], Amaoka & Miki in Masuda et al. 1984:302 [ref. 6441], Follett & Powell 1988:137 [ref. 6234], Lavrova 1990:49 [ref. 20302], Cheng & Zhou 1997:329 [ref. 26385] dated 1846, Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:12 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1049 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:38 [ref. 25650], Shimizu 2001:35 [ref. 25799], Wang et al. 2001:245 [ref. 26566] dated 1846, Nakabo 2002:1049 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:377, 642 [ref. 26218], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:2 [ref. 27604], Markevich & Kharin 2011:64 [ref. 31246], Yamanaka et al. 2012:127 [ref. 32373] with author as Temminck & Schlegel, Parin et al. 2014:440 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:74 [ref. 35138], Kim et al. 2020:157 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:95 [ref. 37637], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:846 [ref. 38925], Dyldin et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Ernogrammus hexagrammus (Schlegel 1845). Stichaeidae: Stichaeinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Gulf of Pohai (China), Korea and Japan north to Tatar Strait (Russia) and southern Kuril Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.