bathybius, Cynicoglossus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:123 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Santa Barbara Channel, off southern California, U.S.A., 33°49'45"N, 119°24'30"W, Albatross station 2980, depth 603 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM (not found). Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 193 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:141 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established by Jordan & Evermann 1898: 2656 [ref. 2444]. •Valid as Embassichthys bathybius (Gilbert 1890) -- (Amaoka et al. 1981 [ref. 5578], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:287 [ref. 9277], Sakamoto 1984:210 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:353 [ref. 6441], Matarese et al. 1989:580 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:221 [ref. 14674], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Evseenko 1998:59 [ref. 23643], Nakabo 2000:1372 [ref. 25182], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:40 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:846 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:1372 [ref. 26193], Evseenko 2003:S60 [ref. 28535], Evseenko 2004:4 [ref. 27606], Nelson et al. 2004:181 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:174 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:186 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:529 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:326 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:96 [ref. 37205]). •Valid as Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert 1890) -- (Cooper & Chapleau 1998:712 [ref. 26711], Vinnikov et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35844], Love et al. 2021:220 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Microstomus bathybius (Gilbert 1890). Pleuronectidae: Microstominae. Distribution: North Pacific: Hokkaido (Japan) north to Bering Sea, then Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.