signatus, Bathymaster Cope [E. D.] 1873:31 [8] [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 13 (for 17 Jan. 1873); ref. 929] Near Sitka, Alaska, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8982. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:26 [ref. 13621]. On p. 8 of separate. •Valid as Bathymaster signatus Cope 1873 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:239 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:156 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1992:163 [ref. 20427], Nakabo 2000:1027 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:34 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:667 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1027 [ref. 26193], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27296], Fedorov et al. 2003:108 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:157 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:138 [ref. 37547], Stevenson & Matarese 2005:393 [ref. 28265], Page et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:383 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:268 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:179 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Bathymaster signatus Cope 1873. Bathymasteridae. Distribution: North Pacific and adjacent Arctic: Hokkaido (Japan) and Sea of Okhotsk north to eastern Siberian Sea to Hokkaido, then Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Washington (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.