okinoseana, Homea Dean [B.] 1904:8, 20, Fig. 2B; Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 19 (art. 2); ref. 1094] Off Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan, depth 400 fathoms. Syntypes: Columbia Univ. (1), ZUMT 1449 (1, lost), 1450 (1, lost). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:191 [ref. 39648]. •Valid as Eptatretus okinoseanus (Dean 1904) -- (Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1982:39, 307 [ref. 8256], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:35, 292 [ref. 8057], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:1 [ref. 6441], Kuo et al. 1994:127 [ref. 21435], Fernholm 1998:34 [ref. 23976], McMillan 1999:116 [ref. 23612], Nakabo 2000:109 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:577 [ref. 25122], Mok & Chen 2001:237 [ref. 25664], Shinohara et al. 2001:286 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:109 [ref. 26001], McMillan & Wisner 2004:56 [ref. 27692], Shinohara et al. 2005:391 [ref. 28370], Mincarone & Fernholm 2010:798 [ref. 30926], Kuo et al. 2010:856 [ref. 31001], Knapp et al. 2011:404 [ref. 37507], Shinohara et al. 2011:38 [ref. 31715], Mincarone & McCosker 2014:348 [ref. 33284], Shinohara et al. 2014:230 [ref. 33330], Zintzen et al. 2015:376 [ref. 33803], Mincarone 2017:2 [ref. 35376], Song & Kim 2020:88 [ref. 37441]). Current status: Valid as Eptatretus okinoseanus (Dean 1904). Myxinidae: Eptatretinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: East China Sea to Japan. Habitat: marine.