pulcher, Neozoarces Steindachner [F.] 1880:263 [26], Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 82 (1. Abth., no. 2); ref. 4230] Northern Japan [ actually on Russian side of the Japan Sea]. Syntypes: (several) NMW 76602 (3). On p. 26 of separate. •Valid as Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner 1880- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:135 [ref. 7348], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:12 [ref. 24670], Choi et al. 2003:377, 643 [ref. 26218], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:24 [ref. 27604], Markevich & Gnyubkina 2008:249 [ref. 29597], Parin et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:845 [ref. 38925], Dyldin et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38804], Markevich et al. 2025:551 [ref. 41974]). Current status: Valid as Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner 1880. Neozoarcidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan off Korean Peninsula, Russia and Japan north to Tatar Strait, Sea of Okhotsk, off Sakhalin (Russia). IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.