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]). Current status: Valid as Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner 1880. Neozoarcidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan Sea off Korean Peninsula and coast of Russia to Tatar Strait, Okhotsk Sea off Sakhalin. Habitat: marine.