auriculatus, Sebastes Girard [C. F.] 1854:131 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 348 (orig. 2, now 1, osteo. spec.) •Valid as Sebastichthys auriculatus (Girard 1854) -- (Herrera 1896:63 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Sebastes auriculatus Girard 1854 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:134 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:290 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:184 [ref. 14674], Orr et al. 2000:31 [ref. 24942], Musick et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24959], Snytko 2001:15 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:129 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:354 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:74 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:126 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:30 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:128 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:57 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:106 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:179 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes auriculatus Girard 1854. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.