melanurus, Careproctus Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:560 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Off California, U.S.A., Albatross station 2925, 32°32'30"N, 117°24'00"W, depth 339 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM 44285. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 36 + 21191 (4); USNM 53816 (1), 126712 [ex USBF 604] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:136 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established by Burke 1930:125 [ref. 702]. •Valid as Careproctus melanurus Gilbert 1892 -- (Stein 1978:14 [ref. 4203], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:191 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:209 [ref. 14674], Kido & Shinohara 1997:127 [ref. 22907], Nakabo 2000:670 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:616 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:670 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S112 [ref. 28300], Chernova et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27592], Nelson et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:102 [ref. 37547], Knudsen & Møller 2008:179 [ref. 29611], Kai et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31613], Page et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:322 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:51 [ref. 34694], Burton & Lea 2019:71 [ref. 37205], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839], Orr et al. 2020:723 [ref. 37949], Chernova et al. 2021:488 [ref. 38585], Love et al. 2021:137 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus melanurus Gilbert 1892. Liparidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southern Alaska (U.S.A.) and British Columbia (Canada) south to Pacific coast of Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.