pacificus, Lycodes Collett [R.] 1879:381, Fig. [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879 (pt 2) (art. 4); ref. 886] Said to be from Japan (probably from Alaska). Holotype (unique): ZMB 8280. Described in Lycodes, placed in Lycodopsis on p. 382. •Valid as Lycodopsis pacificus (Collett 1879) -- (Toyoshima 1985:238 [ref. 5722], Balushkin et al. 2011:1018 [ref. 32449] as pacifica, Page et al. 2013:163 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Lycodes pacificus Collett 1879 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:105 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:161 [ref. 14674], Anderson 1994:119 [ref. 21438], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:704 [ref. 25968], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:27 [ref. 27603], Nelson et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:143 [ref. 37547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:58 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:274 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:84 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:184 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:213 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes pacificus Collett 1879. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) and Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.