matsubarae, Sebastes Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1880:170 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1880; ref. 18287] Hondo and Hokkaido, Japan. Syntypes: ZMB 8145 (1, dry), 11279 (1, dry), 11280 (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:272 [ref. 19946]. Named after the male ichthyologist Matsubara, so some authors consider the name should be matsubarai -- see Orr & Hawkins 2008:128, footnote [ref. 29591]. Here we consider the name correctly formed as it was Latinized and then an "e" added (Art. 31.1.1) [WNE, 12 Mar. 2012]. •Synonym of Sebastes aleutianus (Jordan & Evermann 1898) -- (Love et al. 2002:122 [ref. 26216]). •Valid as Sebastes matsubarai Hilgendorf 1880 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:35 [ref. 15964], Shytko 2001:47 [ref. 26410], Orr & Hawkins 2008:128 [ref. 29591], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:857 [ref. 38925]). •Valid as Sebastes matsubarae Hilgendorf 1880 -- (Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:311 [ref. 6441], Shinohara et al. 1996:175 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:586 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:586 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S62 [ref. 28300], Shinohara et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al.2014:245 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:216 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes matsubarae Hilgendorf 1880. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.