bikunin, Liparis Matsubara [K.] & Iwai [T.] 1954:434, Fig. 7 [Report of Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 12283] Off Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 13318. Paratypes: FAKU 3305-07 (3), 13309-17 (9), 13319-20 (2). •Valid as Liparis bikunin Matsubara & Iwai 1954 -- (Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:337 [ref. 6441], Kido 1988:171 [ref. 12287], Nakabo 2000:666 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:666 [ref. 26001], Chernova et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27592], Chernova 2008:840 [ref. 30236]). Current status: Valid as Liparis bikunin Matsubara & Iwai 1954. Liparidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan; shallow waters. Habitat: marine.