elongatus, Nalbantichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1967:2, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 122 (no. 3598); ref. 3974] South-central Bering Sea, depth 300 meters. Holotype: USNM 200671. Paratypes: Inst. Cercitari Piscicole, Bucharest (1). Type catalog: Springer & Anderson 1997:17 [ref. 22953]. •Valid as Nalbantichthys elongatus Schultz 1967 -- (Anderson 1994:120 [ref. 21438], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:686 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:8 [ref. 27603], Love et al. 2005:144 [ref. 37547], Balushkin et al. 2011:970 [ref. 32449], Maslenikov et al. 2013:17 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:425 [ref. 33547], Love et al. 2021:185 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:213 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Nalbantichthys elongatus Schultz 1967. Zoarcidae: Gymnelinae. Distribution: North Pacific: southern Bering Sea near Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.