spiniger, Icelus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:412, Pl. 24 (top) [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Alaska, U.S.A., 54°48'30"N, 165°49'00"W, Albatross station 3225, depth 85 fathoms. Lectotype: ?USNM 164258. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1900.7.11.7 (1?); MCZ 28270 (3); MNHN 1896-0484 to 0486 [ex USNM] (3); CAS-SU 2231 (40), 2266 (2), 2269 (16); ZMUO J1463 (3, poor condition). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:130 [ref. 12291], Blanc & Hureau 1968:54 [ref. 20738], Pethon 1969:8 [ref. 19268]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen from Albatross sta. 3278) in caption to Pl. 286, p. 3290 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable; a lectotype (USNM 164248, sta. 3225) was also designated by Nelson 1984:24 [ref. 5391]. •Valid as Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896 -- (Watanabe 1960:42 [ref. 11959], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:174 [ref. 9277], Nelson 1984:24 [ref. 5391], Peden & Hughes 1986:7 [ref. 9714], McAllister 1990:199 [ref. 14674], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:451 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S78 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:122 [ref. 31212] as cf. spiniger with comments, Page et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:256 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:164 [ref. 34033], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:71 [ref. 34440] see remarks, Kells et al. 2016:180 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:122 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896. Psychrolutidae: Icelinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk north to northern Bering Sea, then south to southern British Columbia (Canada). Habitat: marine.