punctulatus, Careproctus Tanaka [S.] 1916:174 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28 (no. 331); ref. 15076] Bishamon, near Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 7079. •Valid as Liparis punctulatus (Tanaka 1916) -- (Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:337 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:386 [ref. 15964], Kido 1988:168 [ref. 12287], Nakabo 2000:666 [ref. 25086], Shimizu 2001:28 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:666 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:279, 586 [ref. 26218], Chernova et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27592], Chernova 2008:840 [ref. 30236], Parin et al. 2014:340 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:111 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:93 [ref. 37637], Park & Kim 2021:192 [ref. 38357]). Current status: Valid as Liparis punctulatus (Tanaka 1916). Liparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia), and Pacific coast of Japan. Habitat: marine.