alascanus, Xenochirus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:438, 475 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Vicinity of Pribilof Islands, Unimak Pass, and Shumagin Islands, Alaska, depth 35-138 fathoms; Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, U.S.A., depth 97-142 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.7.23.164-172 (9), 1900.7.11.13-15 (3); CAS 69326 [ex IU 6891] (5), 69327 [ex IU 6914] (7); MCZ 28329 (9); MNHN 1896-0519 and 0520 (9); NMW 12105 (6), 12120 (3), 12123 (2); CAS-SU 3000 (4), 3088 (26) 4001 (3); USNM 48721 (2), 48741-43 (1, 2, 4), 59409 (9); 131136 (1), 143121 (2); ZIN 25892 [ex BMNH] (1); ZMUO J1362 (9). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:134 [ref. 12291], Blanc & Hureau 1968:57 [ref. 20738], Pethon 1969:9 [ref. 19268], Sheiko & Fedorov 2010:19 [ref. 38118]. •Valid as Asterotheca alascana (Gilbert 1896) -- Gilbert 1915: 344 [ref. 1632]. •Valid as Bathyagonus alascanus (Gilbert 1896) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:186 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:205 [ref. 14674], Kanayama 1991:76 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993:73 [ref. 21227], Busby 1998:44 [ref. 25508], Imamura & Kitagawa 1999:108 [ref. 24208], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:547 [ref. 25968], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:5 [ref. 27591], Nelson et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:96 [ref. 37547], Sheiko & Fedorov 2010:19 [ref. 38118], Maslenikov et al. 2013:13 [ref. 37947], Page et al. 2013:125 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:46 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:200 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:128 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:188 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathyagonus alascanus (Gilbert 1896). Agonidae: Bathyagoninae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea south to northern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.