dolichogaster, Blennius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:175, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Kamchatka, Russia. Possible syntype: ZMB 7780 (1). •Valid as Pholis dolichogaster (Pallas 1814) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:41 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Rhodymenichthys dolichogaster (Pallas 1814) -- (Yatsu 1981:181 [ref. 4814], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:304 [ref. 6441], Yatsu 1985:281 [ref. 5149], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670] as Rhodimenichthys, Nakabo 2000:1055 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:39 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:776 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1055 [ref. 26193], Mecklenburg 2003:6 [ref. 27299], Fedorov et al. 2003:126 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:150 [ref. 37547], Radchenko et al. 2010:737 [ref. 32451], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:165 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:457 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:165 [ref. 34033], Kells et al. 2016:288 [ref. 35888], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:186 [ref. 35257], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:854 [ref. 38925], Dyldin et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:190 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Rhodymenichthys dolichogaster (Pallas 1814). Pholidae: Apodichthyinae. Distribution: Arctic and North Pacific: Chukchi Sea, also Bering Sea and Aleutian and Commander islands to Okhotsk and Japan seas. Habitat: marine.