pachycephalus, Sebastes Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:47, Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D566 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D563-565 (3, stuffed), 654 (1), 655 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:56 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Sebastes pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843, subspecies pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:75 [ref. 15964], Nakabo 2000:595 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:595 [ref. 26001]). •Valid as Sebastes pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:312 [ref. 6441], Kim & Lee 1993:464 [ref. 39487], Cheng & Zhou 1997:408 [ref. 26385], Motomura & Iwatsuki 1997:130 [ref. 23963], Poss 1999:2307 [ref. 24796], Shytko 2001:56 [ref. 26410] as pachicephalus, Choi et al. 2003:242, 562 [ref. 26218], Kai et al. 2011:340 [ref. 31619], Kai & Nakabo 2013:542 [ref. 32653], Parin et al. 2014:219 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:91 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:42 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes pachycephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: East China Sea (China) to Japan, Korea and Russian coast of Sea of Japan. Habitat: marine.