ciliatus, Epinephelus Tilesius [W. G. von] 1813:474, Pl. 16 (figs. 1-6) [Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg v. 4 (for 1811); ref. 13413] Lynn Canal, north of Funter Bay, 58.2467°N, 134.899°W, depth 25 meters. Neotype: UW 43493. Appeared as Epinephelus ciliatus Camtschaticus et Americanus. Orr & Blackburn 2004 [ref. 27661] showed that ciliatus and its presumed synonym variabilis were separate species. Neotype designated by Orr & Blackburn 2004:339 [ref. 27661]. Original type locality was bodering Kamchatka, Russia and Aleutian Is. [one specimen]. •Valid as Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius 1813) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:136 [ref. 9277], Richards & Westrheim 1988 [ref. 12454], Matarese et al. 1989:275 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:185 [ref. 14674], Shinohara et al. 1994:61 [ref. 22376], Orr et al. 2000:26 [ref. 24942], Nakabo 2000:589 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:25 [ref. 25650], Snytko 2001:23 [ref. 26410], Love et al. 2002:151 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:356 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:589 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S61 [ref. 28300], Orr & Blackburn 2004:334 [ref. 27661], Nelson et al. 2004:114 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:75 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:22 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:117 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:214 [ref. 33547], Frable et al. 2015:373 [ref. 33878], Kells et al. 2016:132 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:107 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:179 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius 1813). Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: North Pacific: western Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) and Bering Sea, through the Gulf of Alaska, then south to British Columbia (Canada). Habitat: marine.