mollis, Bothrocara Bean [T. H.] 1890:39 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 795); ref. 229] Off Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, northeastern Pacific, 51°23'N, 130°34'W, Albatross station 2860, depth 876 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 45359. Type catalog: Springer & Anderson 1997:19 [ref. 22953]. No parentheses are needed around the author and date in the combination Bothrocara molle (Art. 51.3.1 of the Code). •Valid as Bothrocara mollis Bean 1890 -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:34 [ref. 25650]). •Valid as Bothrocara molle Bean 1890 -- (Toyoshima in Amaoka et al. 1983:137, 208, 277, 335 [ref. 8379], Toyoshima in Masuda et al. 1984:309 [ref. 6441], McAllister 1990:156 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:116 [ref. 21438], Shinohara et al. 1996:179 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:1041 [ref. 25182], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:732 [ref. 25968], Shinohara et al. 2001:328 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1041 [ref. 26193], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:11 [ref. 27603], Love et al. 2005:139 [ref. 37547], Stevenson & Anderson 2005:53 [ref. 28569], Anderson 2006:2 [ref. 28576], Anderson et al. 2009:182 [ref. 30175], Balushkin et al.2011:973 [ref. 32449], Parin et al. 2014:385 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:270 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35676], Burton & Lea 2019:82 [ref. 37205], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:834 [ref. 38925], Love et al. 2021:180 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:211 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bothrocara molle Bean 1890. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan, Honshu (Japan) and Sakhalin (Russia) north to Bering Sea, then south to Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico); southeastern Pacific: Chile; southwestern Atlantic: South Georgia. Habitat: marine.