gibber, Malacocottus Sakamoto [K.] 1930:16, Fig. 2 [Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute v. 26; ref. 16327] Toyama Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930 -- (Watanabe 1960:180 [ref. 11959], Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:157, 215 [ref. 8379], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:330 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:271 [ref. 15964], Shinohara et al. 1992 [ref. 19776], Nakabo 2000:651 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:651 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Shinohara et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31715] dated 1832, Shinohara et al. 2014:254 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547], Stevenson 2015:31 [ref. 33680], Kim et al. 2020:107 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:91 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:97 [ref. 38934], Balanov et al. 2022: 119 [109] [ref. 39284], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:55 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930. Psychrolutidae: Psychrolutinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia). Habitat: marine.