hilgendorfii, Sebastes Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1884:202 [34] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 49 (1. Abth.); ref. 4248] Tokyo, Japan. No types known. Name in synonymy of Sebastes dactylopterus; validated back to first appearance as above by subsequent use as a valid species. •Valid as Helicolenus hilgendorfi (Döderlein 1884) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:80 [ref. 15964] with authorship as Steindachner & Döderlein, Kim & Lee 1993:469 [ref. 39487], Shinohara et al. 1996:174 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:584 [ref. 25086] with authorship as Steindachner & Döderlein, Shytko 2001:8 [ref. 26410] with authorship as Steindachner & Döderlein, Nakabo 2002:584 [ref. 26001] with authorship as Steindachner & Döderlein, Choi et al. 2003:242, 559 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:424 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33330]). •Valid as Helicolenus hilgendorfii (Döderlein 1884) -- (Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1982:271, 392 [ref. 8256], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:313 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:567, 717 [ref. 8056], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:130 [ref. 23963], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:313 [ref. 25995], Parin et al. 2014:212 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2015:18 [ref. 34709], Miyazaki et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37957], Kim et al. 2020:89 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:41 [ref. 37637], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857]). Current status: Valid as Helicolenus hilgendorfii (Döderlein 1884). Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan, Korea and Russia. Habitat: marine.