proboscidalis, Aspidophorus Valenciennes [A.] 1858:1040 [Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences v. 47; ref. 17871] Port of Emperor Nicholas [Sovetskaya, Gavan', northern Primorye], Tatar Strait, Japan Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4305. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:55 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Hypsagonus proboscidalis (Valenciennes 1858) -- (Kanayama 1991:21 [ref. 19261], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:660 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:660 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:272, 581 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Agonomalus proboscidalis (Valenciennes 1858) -- (Kanayama in Masuda et al. 1984:331 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:291 [ref. 15964], Maeda & Amaoka 1988:62 [ref. 12616], Sheiko 1993:67 [ref. 21227], Kim et al. 1993:23 [ref. 22288], Parin et al. 2002:S95 [ref. 28300], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:2-3 [ref. 27591], Sheiko & Fedorov 2010:10 [ref. 38118], Parin et al. 2014:283 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:105 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:60 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Agonomalus proboscidalis (Valenciennes 1858). Agonidae: Hypsagoninae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Okhotsk Sea to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Pacific coast of northern Japan. Habitat: marine.