ventricosus, Sebastes Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:48, Pl. 20 (figs. 1-2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Japan [Nagasaki]. Lectotype: RMNH D575 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D572-D574 (3, stuffed); ZMB 777 (1), 779 (1), 8164 (1, dry). Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:58 [ref. 12876], Paepke & Fricke 1992:273 [ref. 19946], Paepke 2001:331 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:58 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Sebaster ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:60 [ref. 15964], Shytko 2001:79 [ref. 26410]). •Synonym of Sebastes inermis Cuvier 1829 -- (Chen 1985:23 [ref. 6543]). •Status uncertain -- (Kai & Nakabo 2002:260 [ref. 26335], Kai et al. 2002:2596 [ref. 26731]). •Valid as Sebastes ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Kai & Nakabo 2008:251 [ref. 29759], Matsunuma et al. 2010:82 [ref. 31558], Kim et al. 2020:93 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:43 [ref. 37637], Yasutake et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38944]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and South Korea. Habitat: marine.