cephalus, Paraliparis Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:561 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Off California and Oregon, U.S.A., depth 284-984 fathoms. Syntypes: CAS-SU 21 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:138 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Paraliparis cephalus Gilbert 1892 -- (Stein 1978:39 [ref. 4203], McAllister 1990:212 [ref. 14674], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:33 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:641 [ref. 25968], Chernova et al. 2004:36 [ref. 27592], Love et al. 2005:106 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:15 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:345 [ref. 33547], Burton & Lea 2019:72 [ref. 37205], Orr et al. 2019:23 [ref. 38839], Kai et al. 2020:155 [ref. 37773], Love et al. 2021:141 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Paraliparis cephalus Gilbert 1892. Liparidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Commander Islands (Russia), central Bering Sea, off Unalaska Island, western Gulf of Alaska, northern British Columbia south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.